SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013
COURT FILING EXPOSES DISTURBING IRS ABUSES IN UTAH
While the IRS is still reeling from its PR blunder related to the targeting of conservative groups, another disturbing incident of IRS abuse is coming to light through court filings in Nevada:
It takes 39 pages and multiple affidavits from government witnesses to paint a disturbing picture of IRS agents in Utah who are willing to do whatever it takes to extract revenge from people who wont comply with the demands of other government agencies.
The document lays out in chilling detail how IRS agent Jamie Hipwell conspired with attorneys from the Federal Trade Commission to arrest Jeremy Johnson and make him look like a flight risk. Johnson apparently refused to sign a settlement agreement after the FTC was able to seize his assets. Perturbed that he would dare demand his day in court, the FTC turned to the IRS to get an arrest warrant for Johnson.
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| IRS Special Agent Jamie Hipwell |
In this case, not only was the IRS willing to ignore their own rules for obtaining an arrest warrant, the IRS agent was even willing to perjure himself and lie to a Federal Judge to accomplish their goal. There seems to be a disturbing trend forming here of government agencies using the IRS to punish people and groups who cause problems for the Federal Government.
It only gets worse later on when Johnson demanded a trial on the single charge of mail fraud. Agent Hipwell and U.S. Attorney Brent Ward threatened Johnson that they would arrest his friends and family if he refused to plead guilty and continued to demand a trial. The court filing even provides a copy of the “hit list” that was given to Johnson by Agent Hipwell, which included his wife, parents, brother, uncle, and other Johnson associates.
The filing also goes on to explain how prosecutors in the Utah U.S. Attorneys office sought to give Utah Attorney General John Swallow immunity as part of the deal. This likely explains why the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Utah was abruptly removedfrom the ongoing John Swallow investigation only 3 days after the filing.
The court filing is worth the read if you are interested in the sordid details concerning the dirty dealings of the IRS here in Utah. You can download the complete filing with exhibitshere.
UTAH U.S. ATTORNEY REMOVED FROM SWALLOW INVESTIGATION:
In a stunning development the Utah U.S. Attorney's office has been removed from the investigation of Utah Attorney General John Swallow. The removal comes just 3 days after several defendants in another case filed opposition in a Nevada court where the Utah U. S. Attorneys office sought a stay of discovery citing it would "wreak havoc with the government’s criminal case". You can download the entire filing here.
In the filing the defendants point out what they claim are the real reasons the Utah U.S. Attorneys office wants to keep them from deposing witnesses the government intends to use in the criminal case. Using several affidavits from the governments own witnesses in the filing, the defendants show how FTC attorneys were able to falsify testimony used to seize and ultimately sell their assets. The filings also detail how attorneys in the U.S. Attorneys office sought to protect Swallow in a strange immunity deal that ultimately failed.
A hearing has been set for June 1 to see if the government will be able to prevent witnesses from being deposed in the case.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2013
FEDERAL ATTORNEYS IN UTAH MAKE GOOD ON INDICTMENT THREATS!
US Attorney David Barlow states in this video that "no threats were made," however his office, today, indicted four people on the list given to Jeremy Johnson some months ago when they told him they would indict his friends and family if he did not agree to a plea deal.
Many of Jeremy Johnson's friends and family who were on Brent Ward's hit list have been sending letters and emails to US Attorney David Barlow requesting to meet with him and give the government evidence to prove that they had done no wrong.
Despite numerous emails and letters sent by people on the hit list, nobody at the U.S. Attorneys office responded or would meet with any of them. While it would seem strange for a prosecutor to take such a stance (since they would have nothing to lose by talking to potential defendants), perhaps it could be because they have no criminal evidence.
Most of the indictment focuses on allegations of bank fraud. The government alleges that Jeremy Johnson and others set up corporations to trick banks into processing their transactions. What the government does not point out in their indictment is that iWorks had over 300 affiliates who generated sales for iWorks products. The processing banks wanted those sales to be sorted into separate corporations and asked iWorks to set them up. In some cases, the banks' own attorneys set up the corporations for them as evidenced in the email below.
TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013
U.S. ATTORNEY FLIP FLOPS ON INDICTMENTS
Despite claims in the media to the contrary, U.S. Attorney Brent Ward has decided to make good on his threats and indict friends and former employees of Jeremy Johnson.
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| Credit: ABC 4 Utah |
Formerly Brent Ward threatened Mr. Johnson that if he did not plead guilty he was going to arrest his friends and family members. To ensure that Mr. Johnson knew he was serious Mr. Ward produced a hit list of sorts for Mr. Johnson to think about while he makes his decision about pleading guilty to crimes that both Brent Ward and Jeremy Johnson very well know he did not commit.
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| List of friends and family given to Jeremy Johnson in an effort to force a guilty plea |
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