U.S. v. GRAHAM

No. 18-15299.

981 F.3d 1254 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Lee GRAHAM, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 4, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Robert Lyons , U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, DC, Sandra J. Stewart , U.S. Attorney Service Middle District of Alabama, U.S. Attorney's Office, Montgomery, AL, Elissa Hart-Mahan , U.S. Department of Justice, Chief Appellate Section Tax Division, Washington, DC, Alexander Patrick Robbins , U.S. Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Stewart Davidson McKnight, III , Dillard McKnight James & McElroy, LLP, Birmingham, AL, William J. Baxley , Baxley Jackson Law Firm, Vestavia Hills, AL, Sam Heldman , The Gardner Firm, Washington, DC, Samuel Robert McCord, Sr. , Samuel Robert McCord, Jr. , Samuel Robert McCord Sr. , Attorney at Law, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before GRANT, MARCUS, and JULIE CARNES, Circuit Judges.


The IRS spent years trying to collect overdue taxes from Richard Graham. Five years into the process, Graham attempted to satisfy his tax obligations once and for all—with a fraudulent $3.6 million check known as an international bill of exchange. When he was caught, a jury convicted him of passing a fictitious financial...

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