Not A Computer Glitch

The Illinois Administrator has charged an attorney with misconduct in matters relating to his divorce.

The complaint alleges that the attorney was ordered to produce tax returns for several years. This was complicated by the alleged fact that he had not filed the returns.

On February 11, 2015, Respondent filed a response to the Petition. In the response, Respondent stated:

Respondent Admits [sic], however, he has been unable to secure said transcripts as the IRS is experiencing technical problems with their transcript request system (see Respondent’s Exhibits A-C). Neither the IRS’ “Get Transcripts Online” or “Get Transcripts by Mail” systems appear to be functioning during the past two months.

Respondent’s statement in paragraph nine, above, was false, because Respondent never filed tax returns for 2010, 2011 and 2012 and he knew no transcripts of his returns existed.

Another alleged false statement to his wife’s counsel

I mailed in the form to request tax transcripts following our February status hearing. I have not yet received anything back from the IRS. As you may have read in the media, the IRS incurred a significant computer breach, specifically targeted towards the transcript system (See enclosed article). It has been reported that they have shut that system down.

The complaint alleges that similar false statements were made in testimony. (Mike Frisch)