Chapter 121 War of words in court
Originally Tai Lun wanted to refuse.
But he was helpless, and the Indians later offered him a price he couldn't refuse.
In the end, he thought about it and realized that losing the lawsuit in the IRS court was a normal thing and not a shame, so he gritted his teeth and accepted it!
While thinking, the four Dietwins have been brought to the trial seat.
Chiesa first looked at Dieter and asked: "Mr. Dieter, you are now being accused of tax evasion, planning to attack IRS personnel, absconding in fear of crime... and many other crimes. What do you have to say!"
< br>Dieter first looked at Tai Lun, then turned around and said: "I did not plan to attack the IRS personnel. This was all done by others without my knowledge!"
It can be seen that Dieter Obviously it was suggested.
The people who mentioned him knew very well that among his many crimes, only assaulting an IRS officer was the most serious.
If this crime can be acquitted, then maybe he can still come out of prison alive in his lifetime!
Chiesa asked: "Others? Who are you referring to?"
Dieter replied: "I don't know!"
"But according to the information submitted by the IRS, , this was obviously planned by you, and you are the only one with this motive!”
“I don’t know, it’s not my instigation!”
Chiesa’s face darkened, and he looked away. He looked at David, who was sitting in the first row, and said, "In that case, let's ask the person in charge of this case, Chief Tax Officer David, to come up and make a statement!"
David stood up, walked to the court, and said: "Your Honor, according to the third page of document No. 4 I submitted, there is a witness statement about Dieter's murder, and the witness is the defendant Iman. Right here, you can testify at any time!”
Chiesa turned to the document No. 4 David mentioned and looked at it, then looked at Iman and asked: “Mr. Iman, what are you doing? The perpetrator was Tax Chief David who was ordered to assassinate?"
Iman raised his head and said: "Your Honor, the assassination was Dieter's intention."
" You're talking nonsense, I didn't instruct you to fight at all!"
Dieter immediately roared out.
At this time, Tai Lun also raised his palm, indicating that he wanted to speak.
Chiesa said: "Please speak to the defense lawyer!"
Tailon stood up and said: "Your Honor, according to the information I know, Mr. Dieter did not instigate Iman went to assassinate the IRS officer, and there was someone else who instigated him!”
“Who is it?”
Tailen turned to look at Iman and asked. Said: "Mr. Iman, as far as I know, you have never met Mr. Dieter before, and you have a close relationship with Virginia. Was Virginia instigating this assassination operation on you?"
Upon hearing this, the people at the scene finally understood.
It turns out that Dieter planned to blame his subordinate Virginia for the assassination!
Everyone also focused their attention on Virginia's face, but found that although his face was downcast at this time, he was silent, as if he had predicted this result.
Of course, it is impossible to predict in advance. Human beings do not have this ability.
The only explanation is that they had colluded before!
Chiesa looked at Iman and asked: "Mr. Iman, is what the defense lawyer said true?"
Iman was speechless for a moment.
Because it is true that as Tailen said, he had only served under Virginia before and had never met Dieter.
So even if he knows that Dieter instigated this matter, as long as Virginia refuses to admit it, he has no direct evidence to prove it.
In the end, he could only turn his eyes to David, and his eyes seemed to tell David: There is nothing I can do!
But David was not in a hurry at this time. He said slowly: "Your Honor, I would like to invite a witness named Sapir!"
"Permission!"
No. After a while, Sapir was brought out by an inspector.
Seeing his appearance, Dieter's eyes instantly burst into flames and he became excited, because he had just heard that Sapir was attending as a witness.
In other words, I am here to testify against myself!
While thinking, Sapir was already on the witness stand.
Chiesa asked: "Mr. Sapir, please explain your identity first!"
"It's your honor!"
Sapir first used He glanced at Dieter with a fearful look, then looked at David, and finally organized some words and said: "I am the lawyer of Dieter's criminal group. In the group, I am mainly responsible for helping Dieter launder money, avoid legal issues, etc. Matter..."
Chiesa asked: "In other words, you are a senior figure in this group?"
"Yes, your honor!"
"What do you have to testify about Dieter's alleged assassination of an IRS officer?"
"When Dieter was about to prepare for the assassination, I At the scene, I heard with my own ears that it was Virginia who was instructed by Dieter. Virginia finally found Iman..."
"You bastard, you betrayed me, I will kill you damn Sapir. !”
Before Sapir finished speaking, Dieter immediately became furious, showing his teeth and claws. If it weren’t for the inspectors in front of him, he might have been killed. Pounced on it.
"Bang bang bang!!!"
Chiesa picked up the gavel and banged it three times, and scolded: "Silence! Defense lawyer, do you have anything to add?"
Tailon was silent.
He didn't know anything about Sapir, and Dieter didn't seem to tell him last night that Sapir would appear in court to testify, so he was caught off guard now.
After all, as a senior figure in the Dieter Group, Sapir heard the assassination at the scene. With this testimony, he could not overturn it no matter what.
Of course, in the final analysis, time is too hasty.
If he can be given ten days and a half to study this case slowly, then maybe he can find some refutation points.
But now he has only been given one night's work. With so much evidence and witnesses from the IRS, even if he is a god, there is nothing he can do to save his life.
“Since there is nothing to add, then the charge of assassinating the IRS personnel is considered established!”
Chiesa opened another document and continued: “Di Mr. Te, I am now charging you with the second crime, suspected of tax evasion!”
"According to the information submitted by Tax Commissioner David, he has frozen more than 15 million yuan in your account. In addition, nearly 3 million yuan in cash and several drugs were found in your warehouse. What do you want to say? "
Dieter did not reply, but Tai Lun stood up with his hands raised and replied: "Your Honor, the frozen accounts do not belong to Dieter's name, that is to say , there is no issue of tax evasion. In addition, the so-called warehouses and the seized drug cash are also not in Dieter's name, so I think this crime should not be established. "Here, David gave Sapir! He made a look.
Sapir immediately understood and raised his hand and said: "Your Honor, those accounts are an agreement reached between me and several wealthy people who have not disclosed their bankruptcies, and then use their It was opened under his identity, and in the end the actual person in charge was Dieter. I can testify to this, and in the testimony materials I gave, there are also detailed process materials for opening an account..."
On the stage Chiesa looked through the information, nodded in approval, and finally looked at Tai Lun and said: "Defense lawyer, do you have anything to add?"
Talen's expression turned around and he replied: "There may be discrepancies in the account, but the cash and drugs in the warehouse have nothing to do with Mr. Dieter!"
After Sapir's testimony, and With the information submitted, he knew that it was impossible to refute the account.
So he could only try his best to get rid of some charges. Even if he didn't get a good result, at least he had to let the Indians see him coming to the court, and taking the money would be regarded as having done his part. Strong!
This time it was David's turn to raise his palms, and he said: "Your Honor, regarding the warehouse, I think I need to invite a few more witnesses to come forward and make statements!"
"Allow."
Soon, three more people were brought in.
And these three people are none other than Baldwin, Byron, and Gustav.
“Damn it, Baldwin, Byron, Gustav, are you three bastards going to side with the IRS? Well, well, well, I, Dieter, have misjudged you dogs. !”
Seeing the appearance of these three people, Dieter, who was already irritable and restless, became a little more ferocious in his eyes and face.
The three of them did not dare to look at each other. They lowered their heads after arriving at the witness stand. They did not speak one after another until Chiesa on the stage reminded them to state their identities.
"Your Honor, my name is Baldwin, and I am one of the key members of the Dieter criminal group. As long as my responsibility is to manage part of the drug trading and processing for him, the No. 1 warehouse seized by the IRS this time is the one I manage. Scope."
"Your honor, my name is Byron, and I am also the backbone of the Dieter criminal group. My responsibility is also to manage the drug trade for him. Warehouse No. 2 is my scope."
"Your Honor, my name is Gustave..."
After hearing the statements of the three, Chiesa on the stage asked: "Okay, since you all proved that you are Dieter's subordinates The backbone of the organization, tell me if this warehouse is related to Dieter!"
Baldwin took the lead and said: "Your Honor, we are all led by Dieter. This warehouse is of course related to him. Generally, ours The process is like this. Drugs are first purchased from the drug trafficking organization, transported back to the warehouse for processing, and then distributed to the 'dealers' below. Then they go to the venues controlled by Dieter to sell them, and the final profits are handed over to Dieter... …”
"Your Honor, the regional operation model I manage is similar. First..."
"..."
In the following time, the three of them elaborated on their testimonies, starting from From the purchase of drugs, to processing, and finally the profits were handed over to Dieter for distribution, a complete gray industrial chain was presented to the ears of everyone present.
Chiesa looked at Talon and asked, "Defense lawyer, do you have anything to refute?"
The three Baldwins explained the entire process so clearly, How else could Tai Lun refute? He could only look at Gal and others who came to listen in the auditorium, shook his head slightly, saying that he had no choice but to do his best!
"Well, in that case, Mr. Dieter, you have been convicted of tax evasion. As for absconding in fear of crime, I think there is no need to elaborate too much!"
Yesterday's incident shocked the whole country, and the national tax The bureau's armed forces marched into the Indian tribe, and then they found Dieter.
Therefore, as long as the first two charges are true, there is no need to say more about the one about absconding in fear of crime, as Chiesa said!
“Next, the suspect Twin Omaha will be tried. The main charges include tax evasion, armed resistance to the IRS, cover-up, etc.!”
Chiesa looked at Twin , said: "Mr. Twin, do you have anything to defend against the accusations made against you by this court?"
His son's crime has been proven, and Tewen himself can't defend himself, he can only remain silent.
But Tai Lun took the money after all. He immediately stood up with his hands raised and argued: "Your Honor, first of all, regarding tax evasion, I don't agree with it!"
< br>“According to U.S. federal law, Indians have tax privileges, and the Black Tax Act was only introduced on the 3rd last year.”
“As an elder of an Indian tribe, Mr. Twin rarely interacts with outsiders. It’s human nature to ignore the black tax bill!”
Tailun’s objection is quite reasonable.
If you want to say that the black tax bill has been out for a year and a half, that's easy to say.
But it has only been launched for less than two months. Apart from politicians, civil servants, and people who follow the news in the market, who would know about the existence of such a bill?
I was negligent, this is normal!
Chiesa nodded, agreeing with Tai Lun's statement, and then looked at David and said, "Taxmaster David, do you have anything to add?"
"Your Excellency, Judge , why did Dieter escape back to the Indian reservation? As his father, doesn’t Twin know the reason? ”
"Since he knows the reason, it proves that he knows about the black tax bill, and we also went to the reservation police to give a warning the day before yesterday. So subjectively, this is tax evasion. There is no doubt about this!"
What David said is also reasonable.
The Dieter case became such a big deal, and Dieter ran back to the reservation. As a father, doesn’t Twin know that his son had a conflict with the IRS because he didn’t want to pay taxes? ?
Since Tewen knew about it, and the IRS came to warn him first, it can be considered as solid that he was evading taxes subjectively.
David added: "Your Honor, on page 2 of Document No. 6, there is detailed information about Mr. Twin's illegal gains..."
Chiesa immediately opened the document, and after reviewing it for a few minutes, he turned to look at Talon and asked, "Defense lawyer, do you have anything to add?"
Tailon's Adam's apple moved back and forth. After a while, he finally did not continue to struggle with this issue, but changed the topic: "Your Honor, it was Dieter who returned to the reservation on his own initiative, and as a father, no matter what crime his son committed, he should be protected. , This is human nature, and according to federal law, this should not be regarded as cover-up!”
In the legal system of this country, the United States does not actually promote the act of kissing someone in person.
There have been many cases where the son committed a crime and the father provided a lot of help to the son, but in the end the father was still acquitted.
The final explanation given by the judge was that the law should not be greater than love. As a father who protects his son out of love, he should not be blamed or punished by the law!
This also shows the human touch of the law!
Now Tai Lun has obviously grasped this rule and is rebutting the charge of covering up.
"Your Honor, the law should not be greater than love, but it also depends on the specific extent."
"If Te Wen is simply protecting his son, then it doesn't matter. The key point is What’s more, he privately purchased arms and armed young tribal warriors to fight against the IRS, which almost caused our IRS to lose an Apache!”
“Such a crazy behavior cannot be simply covered up. It’s summed up and should be punished”
Hearing David's words, Chiesa nodded, looked at Tai Lun and said: "Defense lawyer, shielding, refers to helping Dieter escape or avoid IRS inspection, but Te Wen is arming himself. The young man's fight against the IRS is not only to cover up, but also to violently resist the law in order to cover up. Therefore, your appeal is not valid!"
"This..."
Tailun was choked. , I didn’t know how to answer for a moment.
In this way, under the testimonials of witnesses and physical evidence, the charges against Twin and his son were basically irrefutable and could no longer be refuted.
Next, Chiesa conducted another trial on Virginia and Iman.
Seeing that both Twin and Dieter's charges had been concluded, Virginia naturally had nothing to refute, and was soon confirmed as well.
As for Iman, because he reached an agreement with David, he didn’t need to go to trial at all and just pleaded guilty.
At this point, all four main members of the Dieter case have been tried.
Next, everyone’s minds were raised, because they knew that the climax of this trial was coming!
(End of this chapter)