CPA in $1.3 Billion Land Donation Fraud Case Seeks More Evidence

An indicted certified public accountant who is an alleged co-conspirator in a conservation easement tax shelter that generated over $1.3 billion in fraudulent deductions has called on a Georgia district court to rethink its decision barring evidence that he says would help show his innocence.

Former Atlanta CPA Jack Fisher was indicted by the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia as a co-conspirator in a land donation fraud scheme allegedly orchestrated by accountant and tax preparer Herbert Lewis. Lewis along with several others promoted and sold “real estate investment funds” which were syndicated conservation easements, land donated ...