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To: SEC-ond-chance who wrote (98922)4/13/2007 12:12:02 PM
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Lawyer not guilty in tax scheme

From Staff Reports

A Wilmington tax lawyer was acquitted Wednesday of tax conspiracy and obstructing justice in connection with the federal investigation that also snared former U.S. Attorney Sam Currin.
After an eight-day trial in Charlotte, Ricky Edward Graves was found not guilty of the two charges leveled against him in connection with what prosecutors have depicted as a scheme to help people set up offshore bank accounts, offshore credit cards and foreign trusts to avoid paying federal income tax.

"Justice has finally been served. This nightmare is over. My name is finally cleared," said Graves in a statement issued by his lawyers.

Prosecutors had said Graves was involved in the complex securities fraud scheme with Currin of Raleigh and Howell W. Woltz and Vernice C. Woltz, both of Charlotte. Graves' lawyers, Pete Anderson and Will Terpening, said Graves was unaware of his co-defendants' offshore criminal activities. Currin and the Woltzes have pleaded guilty to federal charges and are awaiting sentencing.

Currin, 58, served as the top federal prosecutor from 1981 to 1987, and then went on to serve as a state Superior Court judge from 1987 to 1990.

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