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Print this article The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Friday against Roger Stone and his wife, Nydia, arguing the longtime associate of former President Donald Trump owes roughly $2 million in unpaid federal taxes and asserting they sought to “shield” their income from being collected as they allegedly funded a “lavish” lifestyle. Christopher Coulson of the Justice Department’s Tax Division filed a lengthy complaint against the Stones in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Friday, saying the DOJ “brings this civil action to reduce to judgment and collect unpaid federal income tax liabilities” owed by the husband and wife for 2007 through 2011, as well as 2018. The lawsuit also argued that Drake Ventures is an “alter ego” for the Stones and thus liable for the tax liabilities, too, and that DOJ believed the transfer of the Stones’ condominium in Fort Lauderdale to the Bertran Family Revocable Trust should be “set as ....