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Archive Home > 2001 > June > 20 > Judge rebukes IRS in Hoyt case

Judge rebukes IRS in Hoyt case

IRS says it still doesn't believe investors were victims of fraud

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
June 20, 2001

PORTLAND " A federal judge on Tuesday called former Burns cattle king Walter "Jay" Hoyt III the "craftiest criminal" he'd ever seen " and sentenced him to almost 20 years in prison for bilking millions from investors in a nationwide tax shelter scam.

But the judge....

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