Dallas man gets 40 months in tax fraud case
09/02/2009
An investment adviser convicted in a tax fraud case in which he claimed to be a "child of God" with citizenship in heaven, not the U.S., is going to prison.
A federal judge in Dallas on Wednesday sentenced Lanas Evans Troxler of Dallas to 40 months in prison. Troxler must surrender by Sept. 30.
A jury in April 2008 convicted Troxler, formerly of Lubbock, on 17 counts related to sham offshore entities.
Prosecutors say Troxler did business in Dallas from 1998 through 2002.
Troxler was convicted of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede administration of IRS laws, four counts of attempting to evade and defeat taxes and 12 counts of assisting in the preparation and presentation of false and fraudulent tax returns.
Troxler also must pay a $10,000 fine.
Citizen of heaven goes to the pokey for 40 months
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Re: Citizen of heaven goes to the pokey for 40 months
Darn. I had hoped you were talking about Chris Hansen.
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Re: Citizen of heaven goes to the pokey for 40 months
Ha. Me too.LPC wrote:Darn. I had hoped you were talking about Chris Hansen.
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Re: Citizen of heaven goes to the pokey for 40 months
There's a lady who's sure
All the tax laws are wrong
Cause she's buying cit'zenship to heaven.
For no taxpayer she
With no liability
And no use for the sixteenth amendment
Ooh, ooh, cause she's buying cit'zenship to heaven.
and so forth.
All the tax laws are wrong
Cause she's buying cit'zenship to heaven.
For no taxpayer she
With no liability
And no use for the sixteenth amendment
Ooh, ooh, cause she's buying cit'zenship to heaven.
and so forth.
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Re: Citizen of heaven goes to the pokey for 40 months
This is apparently a member of the "Embassy of Heaven" church, based in Stayton, Oregon. They claim to be literal citizens of of the Kingdom of Heaven and carry no "earthly" identity documents. They issue their own identity cards, driver licenses, auto registrations (with license plates) passports and business licenses. Each member is considered an "ambassador" of the "Kingdom of Heaven", so he'll probably try to claim diplomatic immunity.
Their Modus Operandi is to gum up the courts with all sorts of Bible-based proclamations and such, insisting that they are no longer US citizens and therefore are not subject to its laws. The convicted will probably be spending his sentence trying to convert other prisoners to the cause, thereby gumming up the legal workings even more.
According to their website, three members of their "church" are or were recently in jail:
From their website:
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Terry Clifton was arrested for failing to give an agent of the Department of Natural Resources his date of birth while riding in a friend's boat. The agent stopped the boat because a couple of the passengers had their feet in the water. When Terry failed to give the agent his date of birth, he was hauled to jail and charged with refusing to aid an officer in the performance of his duties. The incident took place near LaPorte, Indiana.
In jail, Terry was asked to give his fingerprints, he told them they were not his to give. "They are not my property, but God's," he said.
He found jail a glorious opportunity to preach the Kingdom of Heaven to an eager audience. Most of his cell block crowded into his cell and inquired about rendering unto Caesar and Romans 13. He also pointed out to them Acts, Chapters, 4, 5, 16, 17 and 21 where the disciples were upsetting the secular authorities who said they were teaching customs that were not lawful for Romans to receive or observe (Acts 16:21), and saying that there is another King, one called Jesus (Acts 17:7).
Released May 28, 2008
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You can read heir official website here:
http://www.embassyofheaven.com
And about their licence plates and such:
http://www.embassyofheaven.org
Their Modus Operandi is to gum up the courts with all sorts of Bible-based proclamations and such, insisting that they are no longer US citizens and therefore are not subject to its laws. The convicted will probably be spending his sentence trying to convert other prisoners to the cause, thereby gumming up the legal workings even more.
According to their website, three members of their "church" are or were recently in jail:
From their website:
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Terry Clifton was arrested for failing to give an agent of the Department of Natural Resources his date of birth while riding in a friend's boat. The agent stopped the boat because a couple of the passengers had their feet in the water. When Terry failed to give the agent his date of birth, he was hauled to jail and charged with refusing to aid an officer in the performance of his duties. The incident took place near LaPorte, Indiana.
In jail, Terry was asked to give his fingerprints, he told them they were not his to give. "They are not my property, but God's," he said.
He found jail a glorious opportunity to preach the Kingdom of Heaven to an eager audience. Most of his cell block crowded into his cell and inquired about rendering unto Caesar and Romans 13. He also pointed out to them Acts, Chapters, 4, 5, 16, 17 and 21 where the disciples were upsetting the secular authorities who said they were teaching customs that were not lawful for Romans to receive or observe (Acts 16:21), and saying that there is another King, one called Jesus (Acts 17:7).
Released May 28, 2008
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You can read heir official website here:
http://www.embassyofheaven.com
And about their licence plates and such:
http://www.embassyofheaven.org
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Re: Citizen of heaven goes to the pokey for 40 months
Some background from a prior press release.
U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney Richard B. Roper
Northern District of Texas
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008
FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS FORMER INVESTMENT ADVISOR ON TAX EVASION AND OTHER CHARGES
RELATED TO ILLEGAL OFFSHORE SHELTERS
DALLAS — Lanas Evans Troxler, formerly of Dallas and now a resident of Lubbock, Texas, was convicted by a federal jury today in Dallas on all counts of a 17-count federal indictment, said U.S. Attorney Richard B. Roper of the Northern District of Texas.
The government presented evidence at trial that Troxler, a licensed investment advisor and estate planner, sold financial and tax advice to his clients. Troxler did business as Trust Management Services, Troxler Insurance Agency, Contingent Liability Services, Troxler Financial Services, and Troxler Advisory Services and operated these businesses from his office in Dallas from at least 1998 through 2002.
The jury found Troxler guilty of one count of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the due administration of the Internal Revenue laws, four counts of attempting to evade and defeat tax, and 12 counts of assisting in the preparation and presentation of false and fraudulent tax returns. The tax loss from Troxler’s activities was more than $630,000.
At trial it was proven that beginning in November 1997, Troxler set up a complex series of sham offshore entities in the Turks & Caicos Islands for himself and his clients and steered his clients to accountants who prepared fraudulent returns. Troxler’s efforts to evade his own taxes, and assist his clients in the evasion of their taxes, involved using offshore entities to make it appear as if he and his clients had transferred their interests in their businesses to the offshore entities to make the income earned appear to be foreign-earned. Troxler and his clients retained full control over their assets, businesses, and income earned from them, and the income was taxable and should have been reported on their respective federal individual and business income tax returns.
The government also proved at trial that sometime between August 30 and November 8, 2002, Troxler sent a series of letters to an IRS Special Agent and a former IRS Commissioner. In those letters, Troxler wrote that (1) he was not a U.S. citizen; (2) he is a child of God and, therefore, his citizenship is in Heaven; (3) he is an inhabitant of Texas, a Republic established by the Spanish Land Grant; (4) “Lanas E. Troxler” is a fictitious name used without the defendant’s permission; (5) IRS agents trespassed on his property during the June 28, 2002 search warrant; (6) the IRS Special Agent and a United States Magistrate Judge committed an act of war against “We the People of Texas,” a Republic; (7) the defendant did not enter into a contract with the IRS Special Agent and the United States Magistrate Judge; and (8) the name “Lanas E. Troxler” is copyrighted in the State of Texas and any use of it without the defendant’s permission is a violation of law — all language that the government contended was typical “tax protestor” language designed to both impede the investigation and prosecution.
Troxler faces a maximum statutory sentence of 59 years in prison and a $4.25 million fine. He is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade on June 25, 2008.
U. S. Attorney Roper praised the investigative efforts of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Dallas Field Office. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Revesz and U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division Trial Attorneys Robert A. Kemins and Jed M. Silversmith.
U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney Richard B. Roper
Northern District of Texas
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008
FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS FORMER INVESTMENT ADVISOR ON TAX EVASION AND OTHER CHARGES
RELATED TO ILLEGAL OFFSHORE SHELTERS
DALLAS — Lanas Evans Troxler, formerly of Dallas and now a resident of Lubbock, Texas, was convicted by a federal jury today in Dallas on all counts of a 17-count federal indictment, said U.S. Attorney Richard B. Roper of the Northern District of Texas.
The government presented evidence at trial that Troxler, a licensed investment advisor and estate planner, sold financial and tax advice to his clients. Troxler did business as Trust Management Services, Troxler Insurance Agency, Contingent Liability Services, Troxler Financial Services, and Troxler Advisory Services and operated these businesses from his office in Dallas from at least 1998 through 2002.
The jury found Troxler guilty of one count of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the due administration of the Internal Revenue laws, four counts of attempting to evade and defeat tax, and 12 counts of assisting in the preparation and presentation of false and fraudulent tax returns. The tax loss from Troxler’s activities was more than $630,000.
At trial it was proven that beginning in November 1997, Troxler set up a complex series of sham offshore entities in the Turks & Caicos Islands for himself and his clients and steered his clients to accountants who prepared fraudulent returns. Troxler’s efforts to evade his own taxes, and assist his clients in the evasion of their taxes, involved using offshore entities to make it appear as if he and his clients had transferred their interests in their businesses to the offshore entities to make the income earned appear to be foreign-earned. Troxler and his clients retained full control over their assets, businesses, and income earned from them, and the income was taxable and should have been reported on their respective federal individual and business income tax returns.
The government also proved at trial that sometime between August 30 and November 8, 2002, Troxler sent a series of letters to an IRS Special Agent and a former IRS Commissioner. In those letters, Troxler wrote that (1) he was not a U.S. citizen; (2) he is a child of God and, therefore, his citizenship is in Heaven; (3) he is an inhabitant of Texas, a Republic established by the Spanish Land Grant; (4) “Lanas E. Troxler” is a fictitious name used without the defendant’s permission; (5) IRS agents trespassed on his property during the June 28, 2002 search warrant; (6) the IRS Special Agent and a United States Magistrate Judge committed an act of war against “We the People of Texas,” a Republic; (7) the defendant did not enter into a contract with the IRS Special Agent and the United States Magistrate Judge; and (8) the name “Lanas E. Troxler” is copyrighted in the State of Texas and any use of it without the defendant’s permission is a violation of law — all language that the government contended was typical “tax protestor” language designed to both impede the investigation and prosecution.
Troxler faces a maximum statutory sentence of 59 years in prison and a $4.25 million fine. He is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade on June 25, 2008.
U. S. Attorney Roper praised the investigative efforts of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Dallas Field Office. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Revesz and U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division Trial Attorneys Robert A. Kemins and Jed M. Silversmith.
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