Hendrickson acolyte Carmen D'Agostino convicted

[Lambkin]

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/ ... _year.html

Carmen D'Agostino, 44, of Geddes, was convicted of five counts of filing false income tax returns for the tax years 2006 through 2010.

D'Agostino cited multiple tax-protester schemes for not paying his taxes, federal prosecutors said.

He was a follower of tax-protester Pete Hendrickson of Michigan

[grixit]

No he wasn't! Followers of Hendrickson never lose, therefor he couldn't have been one. Obviously he either didn't use CTC or else he didn't apply it properly, which disqualifies him from discipleship, so CTC remains undefeated ===> Victory!

[Pottapaug1938]

No he wasn't! Followers of Hendrickson never lose, therefor he couldn't have been one. Obviously he either didn't use CTC or else he didn't apply it properly, which disqualifies him from discipleship, so CTC remains undefeated ===> Victory!

You forget about the courts being corrupt. After all, Hendrickson was convicted of tax evasion; and since it stands to reason the genius who developed CtC knew how to apply it properly, only the existence of deep-seated corruption can explain why Petey got convicted.

Right?????????

[notorial dissent]

But but but he followed the great master in his losses in tax court, and it looks like he is going to follow him to prison, although for considerably more time, thus upstaging the great one, but if that isn't the definition of a follower I don't know what is.

[LPC]

Guess whose "victory" is posted first at http://www.losthorizons.com/tax/MoreVictories4.htm?

[LPC]

And see http://www.losthorizons.com/tax/Emailers.htm

Just one of several references to D'Agostino.

One lousy $570 refund, and it's treated like the second coming of JC.

Hendrickson must have been really desperate for "victories" that day.

And anyone know what happened to Mark?

[Famspear]

Ah, the hits keep right on comin', folks! It's United States v. Carmen D'Agostino, case no. 5:13-cr-00138-NAM, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, Syracuse Division.

Lowell ("Larry") Becraft was D'Agostino's attorney after his public defender dropped out in May.

[Famspear]

D'Agostino's guilty verdicts came on November 21, 2013 -- the same day as the guilty verdicts for Greg Boyd, another one of Hendrickson's Heroes (discussed in another thread).

[Famspear]

On his web site, Blowhard Hendrickson wrote:

Everybody complains about the overgrown, arrogant federal government, but nobody actually does anything about it. Nobody, that is, except real Americans like 'Cracking the Code-...' warriors Mark B__ and Carmen Dagostino, who know the difference between talking the talk and walking the walk. These American heroes recognize the distraction and insignificance of merely arguing about the best arrangement of the deck chairs on the Titanic, and have gone down to the engine room to make something meaningful happen.

And it seems that what has happened to Carmen D'Agostino -- by following Blowhard Hendrickson's Cracking the Code tax evasion scam -- is what would have happened to anyone on the Titanic who might have "gone down to the engine room to make something meaningful happen".



Blowhard Hendrickson goes on:

Carmen and Mark have insisted that their servant government abide by the written law, and have secured complete refunds of everything withheld from them for taxes by the federal Leviathan during 2004. Celebrate their victories on behalf of the rule of law and a better future for all......

[Famspear]

There was a U.S. Tax Court case at Buffalo, New York, involving a "Carmen D'Agostino." It was case number 019182-02, filed on December 13, 2002. Even if it's the same guy, I suppose that it is doubtful that this old case involved Hendrickson's Cracking the Code scam.

None of the docket entries contain links. A stipulated decision was entered on September 10, 2003, but I don't know what was decided.

[Lambkin]

Blowhard Hendrickson goes on:

Carmen and Mark have insisted that their servant government abide by the written law, and have secured complete refunds of everything withheld from them for taxes by the federal Leviathan during 2004. Celebrate their victories on behalf of the rule of law and a better future for all......

It seems like these statements might complicate matters when Hendrickson inevitably tries to disavow his client.

[Famspear]

On Friday, March 21, 2014, Carmen D'Agostino was sentenced to 21 months in prison on counts 1 through 5 of the indictment, to be served concurrently; supervised release of 1 year on each count, to be served concurrently; $500.00 special assessment. Case no. 5:13-cr-00138-NAM, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York (Syracuse Div.).

[LPC]

Carmen D'Agostino, 44, of Geddes, was convicted of five counts of filing false income tax returns for the tax years 2006 through 2010.

The tax refund check was posted on the Lost Horizons web site was for the year 2004. So Carmen got away with that one?

Victory!

[webhick]

Carmen D'Agostino, 44, of Geddes, was convicted of five counts of filing false income tax returns for the tax years 2006 through 2010.

The tax refund check was posted on the Lost Horizons web site was for the year 2004. So Carmen got away with that one?

Victory!

He can put that whopping $570 towards his current tax liability. Har har har.

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The tax refund check was posted on the Lost Horizons web site was for the year 2004. So Carmen got away with that one?

Close enough for government work.

[Famspear]

Carmen D'Agostino, 44, of Geddes, was convicted of five counts of filing false income tax returns for the tax years 2006 through 2010.

The tax refund check was posted on the Lost Horizons web site was for the year 2004. So Carmen got away with that one?

Victory!

He can put that whopping $570 towards his current tax liability. Har har har.

webhick, you are cruuuueel and unusual!

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So, is anyone keeping track of which goofy tax "guru" is in the lead?

You know, on totals of stuff regarding themselves and their followers like --

Felony convictions
Years of prison time
Frivolous filing penalties
Court sanctions
Court-ordered restitution

Schiff starts with a small advantage -- himself (x3) and a few employees plus Steve Swan and a few others, but PH (x2) may blow him out with his massive volume of CtC goofballs. PH has also got a few friv pen guys who have racked up at least 50K. And a lot of sanctioned Tax Court losers.

I'd bet on PH. CtC has probably contributed more unintentional revenue to the US Treasury and the US federal court system than any other "book" previously written, to include "The Federal Mafia."

[JamesVincent]

Carmen D'Agostino, 44, of Geddes, was convicted of five counts of filing false income tax returns for the tax years 2006 through 2010.

The tax refund check was posted on the Lost Horizons web site was for the year 2004. So Carmen got away with that one?

Victory!

I went scrolling down Victory Wall. I think 04 was the newest one showing. Maybe, just maybe, that's about when the IRS caught up with all the fraudulent tax forms caused by CtC and actually started pulling them?

BTW, I noticed this at the bottom of the page, seems Pete felt the need for a disclaimer:

NOTE: Whether any given individual is entitled to a refund depends on a number of different factors, and no one should presume that they are so entitled simply because they see that others are. Each person should educate himself or herself about the particulars of the law, and make his or her own determination in this regard.

I thought the whole idea was that everyone was entitled to a refund from the corrupt corporation called the IRS?

[Famspear]

So, is anyone keeping track of which goofy tax "guru" is in the lead?

OOooh. This could be fun. Sort of like "inside baseball" statistics. I like the category of "how many of your followers have been convicted for using your tax evasion scam?

It's hard to confirm that in each case, the crook actually used the guru's scheme for the years in which the crook was convicted. With that caveat in mind:

For Irwin Schiff, to the best of my knowledge (in no particular order):

1. Cynthia Neun
2. Lawrence Cohen
3. Joseph Letscher
4. Warren J. Burdett
5. Christopher Harrison
6. Pamela Harrison
7. Scott D. Haynes
8. Kenneth Heath
9. David Middleton
10. Robert L. Mosel
11. James C. Payne
12. David G. Pflum
13. Steven A. Swan

Pete Hendrickson's record is weak by comparison:

1. Michael O'Daniel
2. Roger C. Menner
3. Gregory P. Boyd
4. Carmen D'Agostino
5. Eugene Warner

William J. Benson's list:

1. Kenneth L. Thomas
2. Wayne Wojtas
3. Charles E. Hughes

These are just the cases we know about.

EDIT: For Larken Rose:

1. Charles Thomas Clayton
2. Tessa David Rose

[Famspear]

And, there's Eddie Ray Kahn's list:

1. Douglas Rosile
2. Wesley Snipes