"Mr. Smith played a key role in a 2004 deal nicknamed "Project Hotrod" that was designed to allow Texas billionaire Robert Brockman to avoid U.S. taxes while transferring $635 million from his main U.S. holding company into his offshore entities, according to internal memos and other deal documents filed by the Internal Revenue Service in U.S. District Court in Houston as part of a civil dispute with Mr. Brockman."
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"Billionaire Robert Brockman is still moving assets among offshore tax havens and transferring property to family members to avoid paying his $1.4 billion tax bill, according to U.S. officials seeking a judge's authorization for an immediate government levy."
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"The biggest tax evasion case against an individual in U.S. history has been unspooling in a Texas court around the tortuous question of whether 80-year-old Robert Brockman is faking dementia. "
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"Nine brain scans of billionaire Robert Brockman suggest he has Alzheimer's disease that is getting worse, an expert witness testified Tuesday at a hearing to determine if the software mogul is competent for trial on charges that he evaded taxes on $2 billion in income."
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"A prominent forensic psychiatrist testified that billionaire Robert Brockman is feigning dementia as a "magic bullet" to avoid trial on charges of evading taxes on $2 billion in income."
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"A hearing to determine if Robert Brockman is competent to stand trial on tax-fraud charges took an odd turn Thursday when a judge said a prominent Texas neuropsychiatrist, a close friend of the billionaire, faced a "substantial and real" risk of criminal prosecution if he were forced to testify."
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"A U.K. lawyer who got immunity from prosecution in exchange for helping the U.S. bring a tax-evasion case against billionaire Robert Brockman testified that his former boss is innocent of the charges, a stunning declaration from a key government witness."
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"Software billionaire Robert Brockman looked frail Tuesday as he shuffled into a federal court in Houston for a second day of testimony about whether he understands the complex tax evasion case against him."
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"Doctors appointed to evaluate whether Texas software mogul Robert Brockman is competent to stand trial for tax fraud improperly helped U.S. prosecutors gather evidence against him, his lawyers claim in a court filing."
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"Three court-appointed experts determined that billionaire Robert Brockman is competent to stand trial in the largest tax-evasion case in U.S. history, despite his claims of dementia, prosecutors said in a court filing."
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"The biggest ever U.S. tax-fraud case may face a setback after indicted billionaire Robert Brockman was admitted to a Houston hospital following an unspecified medical event."
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"Federal prosecutors charged Texas billionaire Robert Brockman on Thursday with a $2 billion tax fraud scheme in what they say is the largest such case against an American."
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