HALLOCK
INDICTED FOR FEDERAL TAX EVASION
January 04, 2005
U.
S. Attorney’s Office
Northern District of Georgia
75 Spring Street, S.W. - Suite 600
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Tel: 404.581.6000
Fax: 404.581.6181
Northern District of Georgia
75 Spring Street, S.W. - Suite 600
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Tel: 404.581.6000
Fax: 404.581.6181
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
David E. Nahmias, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, and James D. Vickery, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations Division, announce that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment today against ROBERT HALLOCK, 60, of Chicago, Illinois, on a charge of evading federal income taxes. According to Nahmias:
The indictment charges that HALLOCK willfully evaded federal income taxes he owed, by failing to pay his taxes and filing a false income tax return. The tax loss was more than $325,000. The indictment alleges that HALLOCK, an attorney, sold fraudulent certificates of deposit and used a sham business called Himmel & Grund, LLC, for the purpose of hiding his true income. HALLOCK listed another individual as a partner and limited liability company member with Himmel & Grund, LLC and hired a second individual to pay HALLOCK’s personal creditors directly from the Himmel & Grund, LLC bank account. The indictment further alleges that HALLOCK stated that he had paid taxes on the monies disbursed to his personal creditors when, in fact, he had not.
U. S. Attorney David Nahmias stated "The U.S. Attorney’s office will vigorously investigate willful evasion of federal income taxes and will prosecute those who either gain their income, or attempt to hide their income, through fraud and deception."
James D. Vickery, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation reminds the public that "the efforts of IRS-Criminal Investigation are directed at taxpayers who intentionally violate their duty to file complete and accurate federal income tax returns. All Americans have a duty to pay their fair share."
Members of the public are reminded that the indictment contains only charges. A defendant is presumed innocent of the charges and it will be the government’s burden to prove a defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.
Assistant United States Attorney Susan Coppedge is prosecuting the case.
The case is being investigated by agents of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service.
For further information please contact David E. Nahmias, United States Attorney or Charysse Alexander, Chief, Public Corruption and Government Fraud, through Patrick Crosby, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Attorney’s Office, at (404) 581-6016. The Internet address for the HomePage for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia is www.usdoj.gov/usao/gan.