Criminal Justice
Anti-Tax Lawyer Indicted Following Undercover Probe
A Pennsylvania lawyer has been indicted for allegedly helping clients and employees hide more than $23 million in income through shell corporations.
Bernard Bagdis of Blue Bell, Pa., was indicted after an operation in which undercover agents sought to conceal more than $100,000 in cash, the Legal Intelligencer reports.
Federal prosecutors claim Bagdis has not filed a federal tax return since at least 1990 and bragged about his schemes. He described himself as an active member of the “anti-tax underground,” the indictment said.
He “was so proud of his schemes that he boasted he would write a book and call it Federal Tax Fraud, the User’s Guide,” a press release said.
Bagdis’ lawyer said he expects him to be vindicated.
