A Denver-area lawyer has been indicted for allegedly defrauding the Internal
Revenue Service, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Denver said Monday.According to the indictment, the lawyer, Eva Melissa Sugar, 59, worked with Financial Fortress Associates, an organization that the government said promoted and advised clients on schemes to avoid the payment of income and other federal taxes.
Sugar, of Aurora, is self-employed and specializes in tax and other legal matters in Denver.
The indictment accuses Sugar and others of conspiring to defraud the United States for "the purpose of impeding, impairing, obstructing, and defeating" the "lawful functions" of the IRS.
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Denver Area Lawyer Indicted on Charges She Defrauded the IRS