Kevin J. O’Brien, a defense attorney specializing in white collar criminal cases and a former federal prosecutor, says the tax charges are serious given the amount of money involved and could very well end with jail time. But he also questioned how prosecutors switched gears on the case so quickly.
“They spent four years looking at this guy and they initially came to the conclusion after looking at all the evidence to give him just two misdemeanor charges and then five months later come back with this,” he said. “There surely will be arguments for filing motions to dismiss.”