Month: October 2015

Tharrington Smith represented the owner of an aircraft and helicopter maintenance company indicted for 5 counts of wire and procurement fraud. The firm filed a motion to dismiss the indictment. After extensive briefing and argument, the District Court dismissed the indictment. Read the rulings: Summary Judgment

A North Carolina businesswoman was sentenced to probation earlier this month after admitting to evading payment of $365,000 in taxes. The case was heard in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. The government argued for an active prison sentence, and supported the U.S. Probation Office’s conclusion that the advisory