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U.S. v. FLOYD

Nos. 12-2229, 12-2231.

740 F.3d 22 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Catherine FLOYD, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. William Scott Dion, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 7, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan M. Griffin , for appellant Floyd.

John M. Goggins , for appellant Dion.

Damon William Taaffe , Attorney, Tax Division, U.S. Dep't of Justice, with whom Kathryn Keneally , Assistant Attorney General, Frank P. Cihlar , Chief, Criminal Appeals & Tax Enforcement Policy Section, Gregory Victor Davis , Attorney, Tax Division, and Carmen M. Ortiz , United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before HOWARD, SELYA and STAHL, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Over two centuries ago, Benjamin Franklin famously wrote that "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Apparently unwilling to accept this conventional wisdom, defendants-appellants Catherine Floyd and William Scott Dion devised and participated in elaborate conspiracies to defraud the United States of tax revenues (or so the government alleges). A jury validated the government's allegations, and the defendants...

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