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Miccosukee Tribe Blames Ex-Lawyer in Ongoing IRS Dispute
Going to a backup defense in their ongoing tussle with the IRS, the Miccosukee Indians are blaming the tribe's former attorney for "faulty advice." In court filings, tribal members admitted for the first time that they owe the federal government $25.8 million back taxes and penalties from their South Florida casino profits.  Miccosukee Tribe5/22/2013
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IRS bills Indian tribe $170M for failing to report payments to members
(Florida) -- The Internal Revenue Service has ordered a Florida Indian tribe to pay $170 million for failing to withhold taxes on gambling distributions.
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IRS hits Miccosukee Tribe with $170M bill
(Florida) -- The Internal Revenue Service has hit the Miccosukee Tribe with a $170 million bill for failing to withhold taxes from gambling profits given to members,...
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Tribe Must Arbitrate Embezzlement Claims
(Florida) -- The Miccosukee Indians must arbitrate claims a former tribal chairman embezzled millions from its Morgan Stanley accounts, a federal judge ruled.
5/21/2013
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IRS slams Miccosukee Indians with hundreds of millions in tax liens
(Florida) -- The Internal Revenue Service has slammed the Miccosukee Indians with a bill of $170 million for the West Miami-Dade tribe’s failure to report and...
4/21/2013
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Nine years later, Miccosukee checkpoint on Loop Road persists despite complaints
(Florida) -- In the fading daylight, 22 miles west of Krome Avenue, an armed, uniformed Miccosukee security officer idled inside a white SUV just south of the state road...
4/16/2013
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Miami attorney accused of perjury contradicts former Miccosukee clients’ testimony
(Florida) -- A former defense attorney for two Miccosukee Indians who lost a fatal car-crash lawsuit testified Tuesday that, contrary to what the West Miami-Dade tribe...
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Miccosukee Tribe member testifies she didn’t pay her Miami lawyers in perjury hearing
(Florida) -- A Miccosukee Tribe member who was once represented by two high-profile Miami lawyers in a fatal car-crash case testified Monday at their perjury-sanctions...
3/21/2013
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Miccosukee Tribe fires police chief yet again
(Florida) -- The Miccosukee Tribe has once again fired its police chief, this time booting Bobby Richardson after just one year on the job.
3/4/2013
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Fla. Tribe Filed 'Nasty' Motion In Malpractice Suit: Law Firm
(Florida) -- Lewis Tein PL asked a Florida state court on Friday to find the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida in contempt in response to a motion the tribe filed...
3/1/2013
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Rep. Nuñez to Gov. Rick Scott: Fight Miccosukees to block chance of golf-course casino
(Florida) -- State Rep. Jeanette Nuñez is enlisting Gov. Rick Scott in an effort to stop the Miccosukee Tribe from getting the chance to turn a Kendall Lakes golf course...
2/11/2013
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Residents concerned over Miccosukee golf club issue
(Florida) -- Residents in one South Florida neighborhood are upset over a controversial golf club plan they say could bring problems to their neighborhood.
11/28/2012
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Miccosukee Indian disputes lawyers’ account about source of legal payments in fatal car-crash case
(Florida) -- A Miccosukee Tribe member testified he did not pay millions of dollars to his former defense attorneys in a fatal car-crash lawsuit, putting him at odds...
11/19/2012
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YOUTUBE: Native American Tribe Loses to IRS in Court, with Tax Attorney Rob Wood in San Francisco
(California) -- Tax attorney Rob Wood of San Francisco talks with the Tax Law Channel, part of The Legal Broadcast Network, about a recent case in which an indian tribe...
10/19/2012
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IRS Wins Fight With Native American Tribe
(Washington D.C.) -- At times there can be a palpable tension between Native American tribes and the IRS. After all, American Indian tribes are sovereign nations. The U....
10/15/2012
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IRS wins key legal battle as it seeks to collect millions in taxes from the Miccosukees
(Florida) -- The Miccosukee Indians must turn over loads of confidential financial records that could help the U.S. government as it seeks to collect tens of millions of...
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Panel: IRS allowed access to tribe’s financial records
(Florida) -- The Internal Revenue Service is allowed to look at a Florida Native American tribe’s financial records as part of an investigation into gambling...
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U.S. court panel upholds ruling against Miccosukees on IRS files
(Florida) -- A federal appeals court has ruled the Internal Revenue Service can proceed with its efforts to obtain the financial records of an Indian tribe in Florida....
9/25/2012
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Miccosukee Indians detail $10 million in checks to tribe’s former lawyers in Miami
(Florida) -- Accused of fabricating evidence, the Miccosukee Indians have taken the extraordinary step of disclosing about 400 checks totaling more than $10 million that...
8/29/2012
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Fla. tribe wants court to stop IRS subpoenas
(Florida) -- A Florida Indian tribe wants a federal appeals court to stop the Internal Revenue Service from obtaining financial records as part of a tax investigation...
8/16/2012
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Miccosukees accuse ex-leader of “diverting” $4 million to Miami lawyers in fatal car-crash case
(Florida) -- The Miccosukee Tribe has jumped into a controversial Miami wrongful-death case, accusing former Chairman Billy Cypress of using the long-running dispute as...
8/1/2012
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IRS Amps Up Miccosukee Tribe Tax Probe
(Florida) -- Bungled in an intense IRS investigation, the Miccosukee Indians’ luck is running out faster than that of its casinos’ gamblers.
7/31/2012
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IRS steps up probe of Miccosukee Tribe’s payouts of gambling profits to members
(Florida) -- The Internal Revenue Service has escalated its investigation into the Miccosukee Indians’ finances, demanding that the West Miami-Dade tribe hand over...
7/12/2012
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Miami federal judge orders Miccosukees to turn over 2010 financial records to IRS
(Florida) -- A Miami federal judge Thursday ordered the Miccosukee Indian Tribe to turn over financial records sought by federal investigators in a civil income-tax...
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Federal judge OKs Everglades clean-up procedures
(Florida) -- A federal judge who blasted state and federal regulators two years ago for failing to enforce anti-pollution laws in the Everglades as given his blessing to...
7/10/2012
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Miccosukee Tribe Again Avoids Lawsuit Over Fatal 2009 Car Crash
(Florida) -- A wrongful death lawsuit against the Miccosukee Tribe over a fatal car accident on tribal lands has once again run into resistance in the courts.
7/7/2012
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Tribal chairman’s binge spending led to bad blood
(Florida) -- Former Miccosukee chairman Billy Cypress saw gambling as the tribe’s savior, but the windfall has led to infighting and lawsuits.
7/6/2012
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Circuit Upholds Tribal Immunity in Death Case
(Florida) -- The 11th Circuit upheld a decision to dismiss a father's claim that the Miccosukee Indian Tribe was negligent when serving his daughter too much alcohol...
7/4/2012
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Native American tribe says former chief stole $26 MILLION to spend on jewelry, cars, houses and gambling trips
(Florida) -- An Indian tribe in Florida says its former chief worked for years to siphon off $26 million in tribal money for his own personal use. A federal lawsuit...
7/3/2012
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Lawsuit: former Miccosukee chief stole millions from tribe
(Florida) -- The Miccosukee Tribe has turned against its former chairman with a vengeance, accusing Billy Cypress in a new lawsuit of stealing $26 million from the tribe...
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Miccosukee Tribal Casino is gaming center of South Florida
(Florida) -- In the early 70’s South Florida’s Miccosukee Tribe erected a simple, unremarkable building on the eastern most plot of land on their reservation...
4/5/2012
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Lewis and Tein, Miami lawyers in Miccosukee Indian wrongful-death case, face Florida Bar ethics probes
(Florida) -- Michael Tein and Guy Lewis, the high-profile former federal prosecutors sued this week by the Miccosukee Indian Tribe, are facing two Florida Bar ethics...
4/2/2012
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Miccosukee Indian Tribe alleges “fraud" in legal malpractice suit against former Miami U.S. attorney and law partner
(Florida) -- The Miccosukee Indians are accusing two Miami defense attorneys of operating a “secret and sophisticated scheme” to fleece them as they raked in...
3/26/2012
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Miami attorneys accuse judge of anti-Indian “bias’’ in Miccosukee wrongful-death case
(Florida) -- A Miami lawyer accused of lying about whether the Miccosukee Tribe paid him millions in defense fees is trying to remove the judge on the case, saying a...
2/13/2012
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Miccosukee members may owe IRS
(Florida) -- The Miccosukee Indian tribe in South Florida says its members might owe nearly $26 million to the Internal Revenue Service because of bad legal advice.
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Miccosukee Tribe Blames Ex-Lawyer in Ongoing IRS Dispute
(Florida) -- Going to a backup defense in their ongoing tussle with the IRS, the Miccosukee Indians are blaming the tribe's former attorney for "faulty advice....
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