John W. Huber From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia United States Attorney for the District of Utah Incumbent Assumed office June 15, 2015 President Barack Obama Donald Trump Preceded by David B. Barlow Personal details Born 1967/1968 (age 50–51) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. Education University of Utah (BA, JD) John W. Huber (born 1967) is an American lawyer who has served as the United States Attorney for the District of Utah since June 2015. He was first nominated for the position by President Barack Obama in February 2015. Huber offered his resignation in March 2017 at the request of the Trump administration. However, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions subsequently appointed Huber as interim U.S. Attorney under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act. Huber was renominated by President Donald Trump in June 2017. On August 3, 2017, he was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate to an additional four-year term as a U.S. Attorney. Education and legal career Huber graduated with honors from the University of Utah in 1989. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Utah College of Law in 1995. Huber began his career in the Weber County, Utah Attorney's Office, later serving as the chief prosecutor for West Valley City, Utah. In 2002, he joined the U.S. Attorney's Office, and in 2005 he became an Assistant United States Attorney. He has prosecuted firearms crimes, including the case of four people involved with firearms used in the 2007 Trolley Square shooting. Huber was appointed by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate the FBI's surveillance of Carter Page and connections between the Clinton Foundation and Uranium One, starting in November 2017.
So much anticipation of when Huber's tens of thousands of sealed indictments would start being unsealed, and today he started the ball rolling in grand style. A half-billion dollar theft from the IRS back in 2013 through one of Obama's "Clean Energy" credit giveaways. It will be interesting to see what characters are revealed in this trial, and where it leads to next. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, August 24, 2018 CEO and CFO of Utah Biodiesel Company and California Businessman Charged in $500 Million Fuel Tax Credit Scheme A federal grand jury sitting in the District of Utah has returned an indictment, which was unsealed today, charging the CEO and CFO of Washakie Renewable Energy (WRE), a Utah-based biodiesel company, and a California businessman with laundering proceeds of a mail fraud scheme, which obtained over $511 million in renewable fuel tax credits from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 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 IRS Criminal Investigation and Jessica Taylor, Director of Environmental Protection Agency Criminal Investigation Division. According to the indictment, Jacob Kingston was Chief Executive Officer and Isaiah Kingston was Chief Financial Officer of WRE and each held a 50% ownership interest in the company. WRE has described itself as the “largest producer of biodiesel and chemicals in the intermountain west.” Jacob Kingston, Isaiah Kingston, and Lev Aslan Dermen (aka Levon Termendzhyan), owner of California-based fuel company NOIL Energy Group, allegedly schemed to file false claims for renewable fuel tax credits, which caused the IRS to issue over $511 million to WRE. Jacob Kingston is separately charged with filing nine false claims for refund on behalf of WRE in 2013. The IRS administered tax credits designed to increase the amount of renewable fuel used and produced in the United States. These tax credits were paid by the IRS regardless of whether the taxpayer owed other taxes. From 2010 through 2016, as part of their fraud to obtain the fuel tax credits, the defendants allegedly created false production records and other paperwork routinely created in qualifying renewable fuel transactions along with other false documents. To make it falsely appear that qualifying fuel transactions were occurring, the defendants rotated products through places in the United States and through at least one foreign country. The defendants also allegedly used “burner phones” and other covert means to communicate during the scheme. The indictment further charges that the defendants laundered part of the scheme proceeds through a series of financial transactions related to the purchase of a $3 million personal residence for Jacob Kingston. Jacob and Isaiah Kingston are separately alleged to have laundered approximately $1.72 million in scheme proceeds to purchase a 2010 Bugatti Veyron. Jacob Kingston and Lev Aslan Dermen are separately charged with money laundering related to an $11.2 million loan funded by scheme proceeds. If convicted, the defendants each face a maximum of 10 years in prison for each money laundering count and Jacob Kingston faces a maximum of 3 years in prison for each false tax return count. They also face a period of supervised release, monetary penalties, and restitution. An indictment is an accusation. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman and U.S. Attorney John W. Huber for the District of Utah thanked special agents of IRS-CI, EPA-CID, and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, who investigated the case, and Trial Attorneys Richard M. Rolwing, Leslie A. Goemaat, Arthur J. Ewenczyk, and Senior Litigation Counsel John E. Sullivan of the Tax Division, who are prosecuting the case. Additional information about the Tax Division and its enforcement efforts may be found on the division’s website. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ceo-...rnia-businessman-charged-500-million-fuel-tax
Tens of thousands of sealed indictments? That seems highly unlikely. But good on him for doing his job and indicting a couple of crooks. I'll bet there are US attorneys elsewhere in the nation also doing their jobs... I wonder, what's the Southern District of New York up to lately? barfo
Oh, I see now. The 'tens of thousands of sealed indictments' is pure and unfiltered QAnonsense. I was wondering if Maris had signed up to get that merit badge, now I know... barfo
Half-billion. The great thing about the American legal system is that you are innocent until proven guilty. No need to go into debt before your trial, putting the wife and children to work. Every citizen can hire an affordable attorney and have a 50-50 chance of defending himself against
I learned something valuable from my step father, if you make a small mistake in your tax return, they've only got the next three years to make you correct it if it works in their favor, but if you make a major mistake in your favor then they've got 6 years to make you correct it. However, there's no time limit on fraud. He used to do my taxes and I was clean as a whistle. One time I forgot to tell him about a rollover I did. I got a letter from the IRS saying that I owed them money. I gave the letter to 'dad' and let him take care of it. I expected to pay the error plus interest since it was an honest mistake. A couple weeks later he gives me my amended return plus a cover letter. I read the cover letter and was shocked to find something like the following, can't remember exactly, "Yes I made an error in not including my rollover, so you naturally concluded that it was income and I owe you back taxes. However, since it was a rollover, I have amended my return and you owe me ..." Can't remember the amount but it was in the thousands. I laughed when I read the letter and smiled as I deposited the refund check some time later. Since he passed away about a week before 9-11, I tried for about three years to use TurboTax but it never seemed to work without errors so I've been going to a tax accountant CPA for the last dozen years or so. I advise everyone who has the slightest complication in their return to do the same.
Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times - Thursday, October 25, 2018 Roughly one year after U.S. Attorney John Huber was appointed to investigate whether accusations that the FBI and Justice Department abused their powers during the 2016 election season merit prosecution, his work remains shrouded in mystery. Likely witnesses tell The Washington Times that they haven’t heard from him, though they are eager to tell what they know. Nor has Mr. Huber kept congressional overseers in the loop on his activities. SEE ALSO: John Huber, who will investigate the FBI, is a special counsel in every way but name “I would just like to know what he’s doing,” Rep. Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican, told The Times. “I’ll take anything. All I know is that we haven’t heard a single thing about what he’s doing.” Mr. Jordan, a member of the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees, said those panels have not received any reports or updates from Mr. Huber since his appointment. He and Rep. Mark Meadows, North Carolina Republican, sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week asking for an update. Mr. Meadows told The Times it is imperative that Mr. Huber appear before Congress to detail what he has been doing. “I have not seen a lot of evidence that Mr. Huber has done anything other than be appointed by Jeff Sessions,” he said. “It’s been portrayed that he’s making great progress, but I’m not sure there is a whole lot to show for it other than rhetoric right now. I’m not aware of any substantial work that he’s doing.” Mr. Sessions secretly picked Mr. Huber last fall to dig into whether the FBI misused its power when it obtained a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant to monitor former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. He also is supposed to be reviewing whether the FBI mishandled investigations into 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Mr. Sessions didn’t reveal the appointment until the spring, when he was under pressure to name a special counsel to investigate those issues. He said there was no need for such a step because the department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, was already looking into the matters. He also revealed that Mr. Huber, the U.S. attorney in Utah, was performing his own evaluation. Mr. Huber, the Justice Department said, is that as a U.S. attorney he could use grand jury subpoena powers to obtain documents and witness statements that the inspector general might not. A year later, though, Mr. Huber has yet to contact key figures such as Mr. Page. “I have been willing to speak with anyone who wants to talk,” Mr. Page told The Times. He said he hasn’t spoken with the inspector general, either. Mr. Jordan said the lack of contact with Mr. Page was surprising. “If [the FISA warrant] is part of his charge, which it is, why hasn’t he talked to the central figure, Carter Page?” he said. “Again, we need a briefing from him. What the heck is going on? Was this all just a show the whole time?” The arrangement has drawn skepticism from lawmakers. “I don’t know that Huber looking over Horowitz’s shoulder is the most prudent thing to do,” Mr. Meadows said. “The scope that Huber was supposed to be looking at was much more broad than what the inspector general was supposed to be looking at. I don’t see them as mutually exclusive.” Although Mr. Huber was chosen in lieu of appointing a second special counsel, he was touted as a special counsel in everything but the name because he has the same authority. Mr. Huber can subpoena witnesses, including past government employees, and prosecute cases himself, all powers the inspector general does not possess. That authority could result in meaningful action, said Solomon L. Wisenberg, a lawyer who served as independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr’s deputy during investigations into President Clinton. “It’s one thing to say, ‘I’m reviewing the inspector general’s work,’ and another thing to say, ‘I’m reviewing the inspector general’s work with the subpoena power of a U.S. attorney,’” he said. “That’s the significance.” So far, only one inspector general case stemming from the campaign season has been referred for prosecution, and it’s not clear whether Mr. Huber played a role in that recommendation. The U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia is reviewing whether criminal charges should be filed against former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who was found to have lied repeatedly, at times under oath, to investigators. Mr. Wisenberg said critics of the Huber appointment should be more patient and taper their expectations. “I’m not worked up about [the lack of action] because I know a lot of time you don’t think anything is going on and then someone is indicted,” he said. “Did anyone really expect mass indictments of people in the FBI?” Copyright © 2018 The Washington Times, LLC. Click here for reprint permission.
It's going to be particularly interesting when some indictments are finally handed down. Don't tell me, any day now?
Didn't the Washington Times get it's start as a newspaper owned by the Korean reverend Moon? Wasn't the good reverend some sort of wild eyed Kook?
