IRS Impersonator in Off-Shore Cash Plot Loses Law License in NJ

Oct. 3, 2023, 5:03 PM UTC

A New Jersey lawyer who drew up phony Internal Revenue Service paperwork in an attempt to steal off-shore cash from his millionaire clients and tax dollars from the federal government was disbarred Monday.

James R. Lisa, a Jersey City lawyer, agreed to forfeit his license after accepting criminal punishment for defrauding a wealthy family that tried to repatriate $6 million to the United States after dead family members sequestered cash overseas.

Last month he pleaded guilty to various crimes including wire fraud, identity theft, and obstructing the IRS in a scam in which he kept $2 ...

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