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Congratulations to the trial team. Agents, analysts, support professionals, and prosecutors— it takes the whole “Team USA” to bring justice to a Billion Dollar (with a “B”) scheme. Yes, that’s taxpayer money the fraudsters were pocketing: $500mil, with eyes on $600mil more. https://t.co/3iT5WXJS2a pic.twitter.com/UMRVYwxsuW— U.S. Attorney Huber (@USAttyHuber) March 16, 2020

That’s a great tweet.

Huber also tweeted this:

@USAttyHuber
“No amount of bank accounts, shell companies, burner phones, or the transfer of millions of dollars to foreign countries will stop us from tracking down money stolen from the government and holding criminals responsible for their wrongdoing.”

Here is the DoJ press release on that Huber statement: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/jury-finds-los-angeles-businessman-guilty-1-billion-biodiesel-tax-fraud-scheme

Jury Finds Los Angeles Businessman Guilty in $1 Billion Biodiesel Tax Fraud Scheme

Four Members of Kingston Family, including the CEO and CFO of Washakie Renewable Energy, Previously Pleaded Guilty

A federal jury in Salt Lake City, Utah, convicted California businessman Lev Aslan Dermen, also known as Levon Termendzhyan, of criminal charges today relating to a $1 billion renewable fuel tax credit fraud scheme, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney John W. Huber for the District of Utah, Don Fort Chief of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Criminal Investigation, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge Lance Ehrig for the Denver Area Office of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Criminal Investigation Division, and Special Agent-in-Charge Michael Mentavlos for the Denver Area Office of Defense Criminal Investigative Service.

“Today’s guilty verdict brings Lev Dermen and his coconspirators to justice. They created and implemented this massive biofuel scheme to fund their greed at the expense of all taxpayers,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. “The conviction should serve as clear notice that we will vigorously prosecute those criminals who engage in any form of tax fraud.”