PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Oregon couple have been convicted of various tax charges after defrauding clients of more than $7 million.
Evidence at the trial of 48-year-old Micaela Renee Dutson and 53-year-old Tony Dutson included testimony from former clients who lived in Oregon, Washington, California, Arizona, Alaska and Hawaii.
A federal jury in Portland convicted the Dutsons last week of conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, obstruction, causing clients to use bogus financial instruments in an attempt to pay their taxes, failing to file tax returns, and aiding and advising a client to file a false tax return.
Micaela Dutson is a former Oregon lawyer. The couple used her law office in suburban Tigard to promote and sell abusive tax trusts for several years before moving to Mesa, Ariz., in 2003.
