Billionaire indicted in largest-ever tax fraud case dies

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Robert Brockman, the billionaire software magnate and Republican megadonor facing the largest criminal tax fraud case in United States history, died late Friday night, Bloomberg reported on Saturday.

He was 81 years old.

Brockman was accused in 2020 "of evading $2 billion in taxes over a 20-year period through wire fraud, evidence tampering, and money laundering, among other criminal acts," Distractify when the charged were filed.


According to Bloomberg, Brockman was suspected of tapping into "untaxed proceeds from offshore entities to buy a Colorado fishing lodge, a private jet and a 200-foot yacht. The Internal Revenue Service's investigator, James Lee, remarked that he had "not seen this pattern of greed or concealment and cover-up in my 25-plus years as a special agent."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/billionaire-indicted-in-largest-ever-tax-fraud-case-dies/ar-AA10nE5Y

[Chainfire]

1. Theft is considered an honorable way of life for Republicans.

[louis-t]

2. Wouldn't surprise me if Mitch McConnell honors him

in the Senate chambers. I imagine a standing ovation is in order.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. I thought of McConnell too when I saw the article.

[dalton99a]

3. Billionaire indicted in largest-ever tax fraud case dies in luxurious comfort

[Historic NY]

4. Hope they go after the estate

[MagickMuffin]

5. Here's the oh so important donor and thief.

[multigraincracker]

7. I'm shocked, shocked I tell you....

[Grins]

8. If the IRS only had more investigators...

This is why Republicans hate the D’s funding more investigative IRS Agents.

[Warpy]

9. I hope this doesn't end the case, that they sue the bastard's estate

Thanks to a bad policy begun in the Reagan era, the IRS didn't look at billionaire returns for decades, which is why grifters started to grift out in the open. This guy is just the first one who was clumsy enough to get caught. Others should follow.

Reagan, of course, thought rich people got their money honestly and poor people were all thieves.

[jaxexpat]

10. So long as tax cheat billionaires remain free, piracy is the new order.

"It's just not fair that this man had to die, out-waiting justice, to get out of the indictment."

"It's Unfair! Prosecution and imprisonment only work against live criminals."

Perhaps going after the survivors is the answer. Their attorneys often survive them by decades.

How did attorneys, the tools used by these people, court officers whose income derives from delaying/avoiding justice for clients they know are guilty, manage to get a legal system built to their specifications? Don't try to tell me they're some sort of exception. They're obviously not, obviously.

Yes, I'm suggesting that attorneys who use legal tools to delay and defer justice be held accountable for wasting society's time. Perhaps a hefty fine and/or a remand to perform charity legal work, gratis.

In nature, leeches, mosquitoes, mistletoe and other such "parasites" serve a niche in the order of things. In the "man-made" world of human interactivity, attorneys serve no purpose when they use their skills to delay justice. Justice IS the goal. Always the target, the purpose, the touchstone of an ordered society.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. It's a target-rich environment. Keep digging.