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« Portsmouth motel murder plotter's conviction upheld | Today | RIPTA begins summer bus schedule tomorrow » June 20, 2008Three accused of tax fraudThree Rhode Islanders face tax fraud conspiracy charges after allegedly using multiple bank accounts, fake business names and writing letters to the IRS to avoid paying taxes. According to a statement released today by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Bruce Lapierre, 47, of Pascoag, Albert Martin, 58, and his wife Lorraine Martin, 59, both of Woonsocket, were arrested yesterday. Lapierre and Lorraine Martin were arraigned and pleaded not guilty. Albert Martin is scheduled to be arraigned June 26 after he said he did not understand the charges. According to the indictment, which was sealed until the arrests yesterday, Lapierre and Albert Martin hid earnings from their Woonsocket-based machine shop, Classic Machine, between 2004 and 2007. The indictment claims that the two used Lorraine Martin’s personal account, instead of a business account, to deposit receipts and that they used an anonymous “private” account to conceal income. The three each face one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and two counts of tax evasion for 2002 and 2003. All three were released on bond. The defendants are also accused of using various business names –– Banner Technologies, Circle Machine, Preferred Enterprises and Royal Enterprises –– to conduct business. And Bruce Lapierre is accused of trying to thwart the IRS by sending “false and frivolous letters to the IRS claiming he was not required to file returns or pay taxes,” according to a statement released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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I know these people very well,and I can tell all of you that these charges are bogus. This is not just an isolated incident these kinds of tactics are being used around the country. It is happening to a fine bunch of folks who happen to know tax laws and codes. These people are being stripped of their rights when it gets to the court room,the judges involved in all the cases are gagging the defendants to the point where they cann't defend their case based on what the true facts of what the law say's.These judges know that if they'd allow the defendants to present their case with the knowledge and the truth of what the law say's the IRS would lose so the judges order the defendants not to use the laws as testimony's pertaining to each case. So how can a person prove their innocence with such tyrannical tactics? The answer to that question is they can't. This is no longer a goverment for the people and by the people it's a FACSIST hard core goverment that wants to control you and if possible your souls as well.