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U.S. v. BERKOWITZ

No. 13-1349.

732 F.3d 850 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Yair BERKOWITZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 22, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maureen E. Merin , Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Beau B. Brindley , Law Offices of Beau B. Brindley, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Yair Berkowitz, together with a host of others, participated in a massive tax fraud scheme with the object of filing false tax returns in the names of over 3,000 unknowing, incarcerated, or deceased people. The scheme netted over $10 million in refund payments from the IRS and state tax agencies before it was discovered. Yair1 is the son of the scheme's mastermind, and was a player in the conspiracy by 2003. He was...

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