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and asked that she not produce any of his returns from the 1998
tax year and earlier because the returns could cause him problems
because of a divorce.
Criminal Proceedings
Petitioner was indicted for willfully filing false returns
for 1990, 1991, and 1992 that understated his true income. On
March 19, 1998, a jury found petitioner guilty of three counts of
filing false Federal income tax returns for 1990, 1991, and
1992.11 On July 24, 1998, the U.S. District Court filed its
judgment in the criminal case regarding petitioner (judgment).
The judgment included petitioner’s terms of imprisonment,
supervised release, standard conditions of supervision, and
restitution. In the restitution portion of the judgment, the
District Court ordered petitioner to
take, by August 7, 1998, all steps necessary to turn
over to the United States government full title to 304
United States Savings Bonds with face values of
$1,000.00 each in the names of Michael and Tadd Hoover.
The United States Attorney’s Office shall ensure this
turnover, and then shall itself turn the bonds over to
the United States District Court Clerk * * * for
application to the following: first, to the
expenditures on Mr. Hoover’s behalf as ultimately
computed under the Criminal Justice Act (for attorney
and accountant services, including appellate attorney
fees), then to the costs of prosecution in the sum of
$3,191.77, then to Purdue University, Division of
11 Petitioner was also charged with and convicted on one
count of making false statements on a student loan application.
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