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Reuters
08-08-2025
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Prosecutors add allegations against poker-playing Supreme Court lawyer Goldstein
Aug 8 (Reuters) - Tom Goldstein funneled nearly $1 million of his and his wife's money into a trust account controlled by his law firm in order to shield it from the Internal Revenue Service, federal prosecutors alleged in an expanded indictment against the prominent former U.S. Supreme Court lawyer. The superseding indictment, opens new tab, filed in federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Thursday, also alleged Goldstein in 2020 and 2021 offered cryptocurrency, student loan payments and a $10,000 bonus to a manager at his former firm Goldstein & Russell "in part to dissuade the firm manager from cooperating with the IRS's ongoing criminal investigation." Goldstein, who argued more than 40 cases at the Supreme Court before retiring in 2023 and who co-founded the SCOTUSblog Supreme Court news website, was first indicted in January on 22 counts of tax evasion and other financial criminal charges allegedly connected to his side career as a high-stakes poker player. Goldstein has pleaded not guilty. The new indictment brings additional allegations and details to the case but does not include new charges. Goldstein's spokesperson and his defense lawyers at Munger, Tolles & Olson did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the new allegations. A spokesperson for the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Federal prosecutors have said Goldstein won and lost millions of dollars in individual poker matches and made improper payments through his law firm to cover debts. The superseding indictment said Goldstein transferred $960,000 into Goldstein & Russell's IOLTA account, a type of trust account that holds funds for clients, in order to avoid an IRS levy. He then moved the funds to his firm's business account before using it to buy a new house in Washington, D.C., in March 2021, prosecutors alleged.
Reuters
10-02-2025
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Supreme Court lawyer Tom Goldstein arrested again over crypto transfers
Feb 10 (Reuters) - Prominent former U.S. Supreme Court lawyer Tom Goldstein was in federal custody on Monday for the second time in a month, after prosecutors said he made millions of dollars in cryptocurrency transfers using undisclosed accounts and posed a flight risk. A spokesperson for the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office said Goldstein was in custody and in a bail review hearing Monday afternoon. Goldstein's attorneys did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Goldstein, who argued more than 40 Supreme Court cases before retiring from legal practice in 2023, was indicted last month on 22 counts of tax evasion and other tax crimes allegedly connected to his side career as a high-stakes poker player. The indictment said Goldstein, publisher of the SCOTUSblog news website, won and lost millions of dollars in individual poker matches and made improper payments through his law firm to cover debts. He pleaded not guilty on Jan. 27 and was granted pretrial release. Prosecutors in their new arrest warrant, opens new tab alleged Goldstein received more than $8 million in cryptocurrency and sent more than $6 million in cryptocurrency over the last five days. He was obligated to disclose all of his financial accounts to the court, prosecutors said. Goldstein's receipt and transfer of millions of dollars to other wallets "strongly suggests he is preparing to offshore his assets and flee," prosecutors said. Prosecutors also alleged that Goldstein has tried to stop a potential witness who knew about his personal and law firm finances from cooperating with the investigation by "[offering] things of value, including cryptocurrency." Goldstein was charged last month with borrowing millions of dollars to stake poker matches, underreporting his gambling winnings, and using funds from his law firm, then known as Goldstein & Russell, to pay off his debts.
