| Todd Kozel
Who Evaded Taxes on Kurdistan Oil Gets 5
Years In Jail, Lebanon Link & Marc
Rich Cited
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 26 – Todd Kozel, making
millions for oil field in the
Kurdistan region of Iraq,
failed to file U.S. taxes from
2011 to 2015, cheating the IRS
and other taxpayers out of $20
million.
On January
26, U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Kimba M. Woods held
his sentencing, until 1:30 pm.
Inner City Press covered it
and publishes this first report
at 1:40 pm.
Kozel was the
founder of London-listed
oil company Gulf Keystone.
Kozel's
father spoke, how he was
supporting his son since he
has no money.
Then the
Assistant US Attorney asked to
cross-examine the father, and
asking him if he owned a house
in Naples, Florida, and why he
never gave his son any money
for the back taxes.
I wasn't
asked, the father
replied.
Kozel's lawyer,
citing COVID, wanted a year
and a day, to be served at
home.
But Judge Woods
said the crime hurt the entire
society and, to prove, has
required the use of MLATs.
She sentenced
Kozel to 60 months (five
years) to start on February
25.
The
government spoke of the danger
of flight, saying Kozel has
connections in Lebanon,
Switzerland, the UK and
Lithuania, and citing Marc
Rich and Switzerland.
The case is
US v. Kozel, 19-cr-460
(Woods).
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