California Attorney Indicted Over Income Tax Evasion Allegations

Milton C. Grimes, an attorney in Los Angeles, has been indicted with attempting to evade payment of his individual income taxes and willful failure to pay taxes, the Justice Department said Friday.

Grimes allegedly owed the IRS more than $1.7 million for tax years 2010 and 2014, which the agency tried to collect. He allegedly attempted to evade these efforts by keeping his personal bank account balances low, according to the DOJ.

The department also said Grimes filed individual income tax returns for tax years 2018 through 2021 that reported he owed around $700,000 in taxes, but he hasn’t ...