There was no word all night, and the time came the next morning.

The IRS courtroom in Sparks is located at the City East District IRS City Office.

"Good morning everyone, it's 8:30 a.m., and there are still 30 minutes until the start of the trial, everyone is looking forward to it......"

Early in the morning, the local media channels came here early to squat, broadcasting the scene in real time.

Soon after, some people invited by the City Hall, the City East and West City Revenue Bureaus, and the City of Sparks also arrived at the scene and entered the hall to talk.

In the parking lot, the three Davids also walked down and went all the way into the hall.

Richards Hopkinson and others have already arrived. As soon as he saw David's arrival, he immediately greeted him.

One of them, Hopkinson, said: "I have already explained to Judge Eveli according to your instructions!" ”

"That's good."

"Alright, the court is about to start, let's go up first!"

David nodded, and then the group came to the elevator entrance, and took the elevator all the way to the 6th floor.

Sparks is a small city, so the courtroom here is not large, only half the size of the courtroom in Las Vegas.

In accordance with the IRS's usual practice, in order to avoid the trouble of public opinion, no media reporters are allowed to come in except for those who are invited.

With the on-site personnel in place, the time also came to 9 o'clock.

"All Stand Up"

At the hour of the hour, a man dressed in a black judge's robe walked out of the passage, and he was the judge of the trial, Eveli.

He came to his seat and sat down, and the whole audience sat down with him.

Then he said: "Now the trial is officially opened, take the defendant!" ”

The words fell, in the passage, Beecher and Adelaide were brought out, although their spirit was a little decadent at this time, but it may be the reason for being in a high position for a long time, and their image and temperament were maintained well.

After the two came to the dock, Eveli said: "Director Adelaide and Deputy Mayor Beecher, now this court charges you with tax evasion, what do you want to defend?" ”

"Your Excellency, I don't understand the so-called tax evasion."

"Your Excellency, so do I!"

Although the two knew that the IRS was very sure, they naturally couldn't admit it directly, otherwise they wouldn't have to go to prison without going through the trial.

Evely picked up a document on the table and looked at it, and finally turned his head to look at Adelaide, and said: "Chief Adelaide, according to the evidence we have obtained, on December 8, you accepted a bribe of $100,000 from the Chengxi Police Station, on December 26, you accepted a bribe of 200,000 yuan from the Chengdong Police Station, and on January 13, you ......."

With the evidence of the crime pointed out by Yveli on the stage, Adelaide's face also changed from a calm appearance before to a stunned look.

"According to the regulations of the Black Tax Act, starting from December 3, 2021, any illegal income needs to pay tax to our IRS, but as a public official, you know the law and do not report it, how do you explain it?"

After Evely's words were finished, Smollet in the lawyer's seat couldn't sit still, and hurriedly raised his hand to speak.

Eveli also saw his raised hand and said, "Defense lawyer, do you have anything to say?" ”

Smollet immediately stood up and replied, "Your Excellency, I don't know where this information came from, but I think it should be a pure slander against Director Adelaide, or a false accusation!" ”

Hearing this, Adelaide, who was still stunned, reacted suddenly, and then echoed: "That's right, this is a false accusation, I didn't accept any bribes from the Chengdong and Chengxi Police Stations!" ”

"Really?"

Evely looked at him, picked up a ledger in his hand and asked, "Do you know what this is?" ”

Adelaide shook her head, "I don't know." ”

"This is the account book provided by the Chengxi Police Chief Randolph, which contains detailed bribes of you and him, although the black tax bill cannot be traced back to bribes before December 3, 2021, but we only need to trace back after December 3rd!"

"What did you say!"

Hearing that it was Randolph who provided the ledger, Adelaide was stunned for a moment, and then instantly became angry.

He said, how could the IRS be so confident in correcting him, it turned out that it had already secured such a witness as Randolph.

"If that's not enough, we also have a cassette tape from Seongdong Police Chief Lancelot!"

Evely picked up the tape and handed it to a court official, who immediately put it into the tape recorder, and the sound was immediately heard.

"Director Adelaide, I have already sent you 200,000 this month, you can check it."

"It's good Lancelot, but the east of your city is the main area of our Sparks, and there is a lot of oil and water in it, so you have to work hard......"

"Understood, Director Adelaide, I'll try to give you half as much next month."

"Well, Good......"

“……”

With the sound of dialogue on the tape, everyone at the scene has realized that Adelaide is completely finished.

And Smollet, who was in the lawyer's seat, sat back even more weakly, because he knew that the evidence was so conclusive that he couldn't refute it if he gave him another mouth.

"Fake."

Adelaide reacted, he began to look for something in the auditorium, and soon, he found Randolph and Lancelot, and immediately pointed at the two and scolded angrily: "Okay, in that case, then I will admit it, but those two damn bastards, they also took bribes, they also evaded taxes, and they must also go to jail!" ”

At this time, the two people who were named not only looked a little embarrassed, but also extremely nervous.

But fortunately, Evely's next words put them at ease.

"They have reached an amicable agreement with the IRS, so as long as they pay the tax clearly, the IRS will not prosecute them for tax evasion!"

Yveli's words made Adelaide almost faint, but he was really unconvinced, everyone is the same dog, why only mess with me?

Immediately, he replied with anger: "Why can they make an agreement with the IRS, then I can make an agreement, I can also negotiate!" ”

"Okay, now it's a trial against you, don't talk so much, Director Adelaide, now that the facts and evidence of your tax evasion are conclusive, do you plead guilty or not?"

Adelaide stumbled into her seat.

He had already seen that the IRS was clearly going to kill him, and it was useless for him to say anything.

Seeing that the other party didn't speak, Eveli didn't care about him anymore, looked at Beecher and asked, "Deputy Mayor Beecher, now this court accuses you of tax evasion, do you plead guilty or not?" ”

After seeing Adelaide's fate, Beecher was already half cold in his heart, because he knew that since the IRS could convict Adelaide of the crime, then he probably wouldn't be much better.

Smollet stood up again and argued: "Your Excellency, everything depends on the evidence!" ”

"Good!"

Eveli picked up a piece of paper and said, "This is a list provided by Heisenberg's lawyer, which contains the records of the money he helped you launder, as well as the relevant information such as vouchers and accounts, how do you explain it?" ”

"Heisenberg!"

Beecher finally understood, it turns out that the IRS has the confidence here!

Immediately, he looked in the direction of the auditorium, and sure enough, he found Heisenberg's figure in it.

"Lawyer Heisenberg, please come up and state how you laundered money for Vice Mayor Beecher in your dealings with Vice Mayor Beecher!"

Hearing Yvely's call, Heisenberg, who was in the audience, glanced at David, and then walked to the audience.

Because the two sub-chiefs had already proved to him just now that the promise given by David was indeed valid, and he would not continue to engage him after testifying, he was quite calm at this time.

After organizing the language a little, Heisenberg said slowly: "The intersection between me and Vice Mayor Beecher was half a year ago, when he had just been promoted to deputy mayor and found me through connections......"

As Heisenberg told how he met Beecher, how he laundered money for him, and finally which accounts he remitted the money to, everyone at the scene also had a conclusion in their hearts.

That is, Beecher is also finished!

"Heisenberg, you bastard will have retribution one day!"

Judging from the two sub-chiefs just now, Beecher already knew that with the protection of the IRS, it was impossible for him to throw Heisenbergra into the water, so he could only curse angrily.

"Okay, now the tax evasion charges of Director Adelaide and Deputy Mayor Beecher have been confirmed, and the verdict is announced below!"

As the words fell, Evely was the first to stand up, and so did everyone in the auditorium.

"The defendant Adelaide was convicted of tax evasion and the amount was huge, plus as a public official, the crime of knowing the law and violating the law was added to the first degree, and he was sentenced to 1,200 years in prison, without parole for life, and collected 320,000 US dollars in taxes payable!"

Many people at the scene knew that the IRS's punishment must be very harsh this time, but they didn't expect it to be so severe, and they were directly sentenced to 1200 years, which made them dumbfounded.

But before they could react, Evely then pronounced the verdict: "The defendant Beecher is convicted of tax evasion and the amount is huge, plus as a public official, the crime of knowing the law and violating the law is added to the first degree, and he is sentenced to 1,200 years in prison, without parole for life, and the tax payable is 440,000 US dollars!" ”

Smollet couldn't sit still, and stood up directly and retorted: "Your Excellency, I oppose such a harsh sentence, after all, not long ago the Indian case enforced by David Tax Collector, this tribe chose to violently resist the law, the nature is so bad, but in the end it was only sentenced to 1,000 years, and now the director of Adelaide and the deputy mayor of Beecher are just tax evasion, how can they be more severe than them?" ”

In fact, 1000 years and 1200 years are essentially no different.

After all, can you live to be 1,000 to 1,200 years old alone?

However, as a person from the city hall, you have to fight for it no matter what, otherwise if there is such a thing in the future, won't the IRS be even more unscrupulous?

"The people of the Indian tribe are less educated and advocate force, and it is understandable that they can make violent resistance to the law, but Adelaide and Beecher are highly educated, and they are also in important positions in Sparks, and they actually choose to know the law and break the law to evade taxes, in essence, this nature is much more serious than the Indian incident!"

"This ......"

Smollet ate on his tongue, but he choked on Yveli's sophistry.

(End of chapter)