Retired V.I. Superior Court Judge Leon Kendall declined to comment Tuesday on the outcome of his defamation lawsuit against the V.I. Daily News and two of its reporters, but all three of his attorneys had nothing but high praise for the eight-member jury that came in around 3 p.m. and announced they were, for the […]
Three prominent firms joined forces to create a team of expert witness tax consultants that earned multiple not-guilty verdicts in a high-profile tax shelter case in the Virgin Islands. The Charleston Firm of Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman (RPWB) with their lead counsel,Gordon Rhea, provided the necessary tax litigation support along with the Western New […]
After nearly three days of deliberations, a V.I. Superior Court jury on St. Croix acquitted four partners of Kapok Management of numerous federal charges of tax evasion, conspiracy and fraud. During the past seven weeks, jurors heard testimony from dozens of witnesses and saw exhibits that included hundreds of pages of tax, financial and business […]
In a case widely followed for its potential impact on investment in the territory, James A. Auffenberg Jr. and three other men charged with evading federal taxes and filing false income tax returns were found not guilty of all charges by a jury on St. Croix this week The U.S. Department of Justice had alleged […]
Charges against the former company of a St. Croix accountant are little more than a witch hunt meant to undermine the Economic Development Commission, an attorney said Tuesday. J. David Jackson and three former business partners were indicted March 23 on 21 federal tax-evasion-related charges for allegedly using their EDC company, Kapok Management L.P., as […]