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jury in St. Louis, related to aircraft transactions with drug
smugglers. Petitioner's arrest in St. Louis was unrelated to the
grand jury and criminal tax prosecution in the Southern District
of Florida.
Following reversal of his initial conviction and remand, 845
F.2d 760 (8th Cir. 1988), petitioner was convicted in the Eastern
District of Missouri of conspiracy to impede the IRS in
collection of income taxes in violation of 18 U.S.C. sec. 371.
See United States v. Harvey, 900 F.2d 1253 (8th Cir. 1990).
At the time of his arrest, petitioner had $29,800 of U.S.
currency in his possession, along with three cashier's checks
totaling $250,000. The checks were payable to Jerry L. Harvey,
and the purchaser of the checks was Bill Walker & Associates.
Shortly after petitioner's arrest in St. Louis, IRS Revenue
Agent Ken Kibort (Kibort) was assigned to investigate
petitioner's potential civil tax liabilities. Kibort received
the assignment from his group manager and was handed a newspaper
article about petitioner's arrest. Kibort's assignment was to
investigate a potential termination assessment against
petitioner. From the currency and checks in petitioner's
possession at the time of his arrest, it appeared to Kibort that
petitioner had sold an airplane to Bill Walker & Associates.
A bond detention hearing in connection with petitioner's St.
Louis arrest was held on December 23, 1986. The bond detention
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