Justice Dept.: Appraiser in Billion-Dollar Conservation Easement Fraud Scheme Pleads Guilty
May 13, 2023
May 13, 2023
WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 12, 2023:
A North Carolina land appraiser pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the United States as part of a syndicated conservation easement tax shelter scheme - involving inflated charitable contribution deductions based on a fraudulent appraisal value of a conservation easement on land - that claimed more than $1.3 billion in fraudulent tax deductions.
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A North Carolina land appraiser pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the United States as part of a syndicated conservation easement tax shelter scheme - involving inflated charitable contribution deductions based on a fraudulent appraisal value of a conservation easement on land - that claimed more than $1.3 billion in fraudulent tax deductions.
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