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April 20, 2017

Prominent Hammond Attorney Sentenced to 2.5 Years

Source: Kim Chatelain, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune  
Michael Thiel (66), a prominent criminal defense lawyer, was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison Wednesday (April 19, 2017) for evading about $1 million in federal taxes over a 10-year period. Thiel resides in Baton Rouge and has a law practice in Hammond. Thiel must also pay $998,352 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service. 
From 2003 through 2013, Thiel did not timely file income or employment tax returns and did not make timely payments of the taxes he owed. Though he had the ability to make the payments, he concealed his income and assets using trusts and nominees, acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart Goldberg said.
"As a result of today's sentence, criminal defense attorney Michael Thiel's decade-long effort to evade paying his income and employment taxes is over, and he will begin serving time in prison," Goldberg said. "Each April, the vast majority of Americans follow the tax law and pay their fair share. They have the right to expect that taxpayers who spurn these obligations will be held fully to account -- no matter their profession, wealth or position in the community."

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