The Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit on Friday Roger Stone
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The lawsuit comes nearly four months after Trump pardoned Stone after his conviction on charges of lying to Congress and manipulating witnesses.
In a Florida federal district court, the Justice Department alleged Friday that Stone and his wife Nydia used a limited liability corporation called Drake Ventures to “receive payments they must personally pay to Roger Stone, pay the your personal expenses, protect your assets and avoid notifying IRS taxable income. “
“Although they used the funds held by Drake Ventures’ accounts to pay some of their taxes, the use the Drake Ventures Stones made to maintain their funds allowed them to protect their personal income from forced collection. and finance a lavish lifestyle despite having to pay about $ 2 million in unpaid taxes, interest and penalties, ”the lawsuit says.
The Justice Department alleges that after Stone was criminally charged in January 2019, he and his wife used Drake Venture funds to buy their home in Broward County, Florida, and registered it under another entity. . According to the lawsuit, the couple had a “significant debt” with the IRS at the time of purchase.
There is currently no attorney in Stone in the case. A lawyer who has represented him in the past did not respond immediately when asked for any comment.
A federal jury convicted Stone in 2019 of seven offenses filed by prosecutors with the former special counsel Robert Mueller
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Trump commuted the sentence of the Republican Party operative for a long time last July, just days before Stone appeared in jail. Trump granted him a full pardon in December.