A Santa Monica attorney specializing in estate planning pleaded guilty this week to filing false tax returns in an attempt to evade paying over $1 million in taxes, federal authorities said.
Robert M.L. Baker III, 46, entered into a plea agreement Tuesday in U.S. District Court, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
He admitted that he, along with others, devised a scheme to misappropriate client fees and settlements to evade payment of tax. In the plea agreement, Baker said he utilized shell entities and trusts to hide over $900,000 in client fees and assets from the IRS, including a house located in Westwood.
Baker altered his banking practices to disguise his actions, according to the plea agreement. He used nominee bank accounts, converted client fees into cashier's checks to pay personal expenses, altered and cashed checks, and directed clients and other law firms handling clients to mail and wire funds to nominee bank accounts.
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Tax fraud will get them in hot water they can't get out of!
Robert is a good man with a young family who hopefully will not pay for this mistake with too much jail time.
Robert Baker iii and his Wife Wendy Baker (goes by Wendy Berman & ironically is an elementary school teacher, are mean -sprited people who use & are using 'blood money' they conspired to & stole from elderly people; to drive around in fancy cars, belong to fancy clubs (bel air bay club), and the house the sheltered the money stolen from. Both should be punished to the fullest. Don't let them fool you.
Robert Baker isn't accused of stealing money from anyone. He's plead guilty of not paying taxes he owes the IRS from his rather successful law practice...get your story straight. I've known Robert and his family for 25 years. They've been members of the Bel Air Bay Club since he was in elementary school.
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