Another defendant was partially acquitted in a high-profile tax fraud case: AP and Philadelphia Inquirer report that T. Milton Street Sr., brother of former Philadelphia mayor John F. Street (2000-2008), was found guilty of failing to file income tax returns for 2002-2004 but was acquitted of mail fraud, wire fraud (two counts), and wire services fraud; the jury deadlocked over two counts of assisting in the filing of false tax returns:

[P]rosecutors charged that Street did not report $2 million in income between 2000 and 2004, most of it from the airport maintenance contract. Street admitted on the stand that he did not file tax returns for 2002, 2003 and 2004, claiming the federal income tax was unconstitutional. The jury did not accept that argument, which the Supreme Court has ruled is no defense no matter how sincere the belief.

Ellen S. Podgor (Stetson) of our sister White Collar Crime Prof Blog reports:

The government was again sent the message to stick to tax charges. … As previously discussed here, this case has similarities with the prosecution against Wesley Snipes in that both were charged and acquitted of substantive charges beyond the failure to file taxes. In both cases, the individuals accused of crimes were only found guilty of misdemeanor tax offenses for some of the years in question. And in both cases the jury did not immediately reach a verdict.