A Mr. Burg of Colorado was convicted as both a coin dealer cheat with his customers and a tax non-filer: http://www.justice.gov/usao/co/news/2013/sept/9-12b-13.html Was it the rip-offs of customers that made the government take notice? Thoughts?
Yep, other government agencies typically refer cases to the IRS, if potential crimes involve tax consequences. The most famous case would be Al Capone, who was convicted for tax evasion. Often tax evasion is the easier crime to prove.
But they only charged him for one year on the tax fraud charge, which seems to be common when they have all types of other proven charges. The prosecutor tells the indicted oftentimes to plead guilty to just one charge, that way they may be a little lenient.
Makes you sick to have the word "coin" associated with a pathetic crook like this. I hate how many times crooks use our hobby as the excuse to be a thief. I wished the title of articles like this were, "Pathetic thief uses coins as excuse to ripoff elderly" rather than "Coin dealer convicted of fraud".
