Prominent attorney Tom Goldstein, co-founder of the website SCOTUSblog, was indicted Thursday on charges of fraud involving tens of millions of dollars in poker debt and creating phony jobs at his law firm to pay for travel and other expenses for several women.
Goldstein, as the sole owner of the firm Goldstein & Russell PC, allegedly used the firm’s money to cover personal expenses—including millions in gambling debts—and misrepresented the nature of the expenditures, according to the indictment filed in the US District Court for the District of Maryland.
Prosecutors say he also failed to report or mischaracterized millions of dollars in gambling income to the IRS. He is also accused of using sham employment arrangements to conceal…
