The Justice Department sued Donald Trump's ally Roger Stone on Friday, accusing the conservative provocateur and his wife of failing to pay nearly $2 million in income tax.
Justice Department files civil lawsuit against Roger Stone over unpaid taxes
The Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against former President Donald Trump’s ally Roger Stone on Friday, accusing him and his wife of owing nearly $2 million in unpaid taxes.
In a six-count civil complaint, investigators said Stone and his wife, Nydia Stone, owed about $1.5 million in unpaid taxes form 2007 and 2011, and an additional $407,000 from 2018.
“The Stones evaded and frustrated the (Internal Revenue Service’s) collection efforts” by repeatedly funneling money to a corporate entity they controlled called Drake Ventures, investigators wrote. Stone and his wife then used Drake Ventures account to “fund a lavish lifestyle despite owing nearly $2 million in unpaid taxes, interest and penalties,” they wrote.
Roger Stone owes nearly $2 million in unpaid taxes and fees, Justice Dept. alleges in lawsuit Devlin Barrett The U.S. government filed a lawsuit Friday against Roger Stone, claiming he owes the Internal Revenue Service almost
$2 million in unpaid tax bills stretching back more than a
decade another legal blow for the political consultant convicted of obstructing Congress and later pardoned by his longtime friend, President Donald Trump. The Justice Department lawsuit was filed in federal court in Florida and argues that Stone’s tax problems stretch back to 2007, when a $205,410 tax bill mushroomed with interest and late fees to a bill of nearly half a million dollars.
Roger Stone Dodges $2 Million Tax Bill, Funds Lavish Lifestyle, Lawsuit Says
On 4/16/21 at 10:40 PM EDT
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump s ally and confidante Roger Stone on Friday, alleging that Stone avoided paying about $2 million in taxes and fees to fund his lavish lifestyle.
The suit claims that Stone and his wife Nydia Stone used the company Drake Ventures as an alter ego to avoid paying $1,590,361.89 in taxes, interest and fees for the tax years 2007 to 2011, along with another $407,036.84 for the 2018 tax year. Although they used funds held in Drake Ventures accounts to pay some of their taxes, the Stones use of Drake Ventures to hold their funds allowed them to shield their personal income from enforced collection and fund a lavish lifestyle despite owing nearly $2 million in unpaid taxes, interest and penalties, the complaint states. As the Stones alter ego, Drake Ventures is liable for the taxes.