Case Study

A successful antiques investor, also inventor of an American crossbow weapon and a blow gun device, was charged with three counts of filing false tax returns with gross proceeds alleged to be missing. He was facing a total of 15 years in prison. The factory that built his inventions would close down without him, and he was the sole source of support for his elderly mother and mentally disadvantaged brother. Jurisdiction: Utah. (U.S. v. Hanson).