Saturday, May 21, 2011
Got tax problems?
Don't call Roni Deutch, she is currently up to her ass in alligators with multiple legal problems of her own.
Deutch's slide began in August, when then-Attorney General Jerry Brown sued her for allegedly swindling her clients. Brown alleged that Deutch's firm charged up to $4,700 per client, but did little work on their behalf. Less than 10 percent of clients had their federal tax debts resolved, he said.This one won't be settled for pennies on the dollar.
The lawsuit demanded that she return $34 million to customers and cease advertising. Later that month, a court order was issued to prevent Deutch from destroying evidence.
Brown's successor, Attorney General Kamala Harris, alleges that Deutch violated the court's orders "almost before they came off the printer" by embarking on a massive shredding operation that claimed as many as 2.7 million documents by the end of March.
A Sacramento Superior Court judge in April froze her assets. In addition to destroying documents, Deutch was accused of failing to meet a court deadline to pay about $435,000 in refunds to clients and diverting assets to family, friends and creditors in violation of court orders.
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