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and promoting other schemes to orchestrate tax fraud. Kahn was accused of manufacturing over $ 1 billion in fictitious financial instruments purporting to be drawn on the U.S. Treasury. Others found guilty in the affair were
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after the 2006 indictment but was arrested and returned to the United States for the trial. During much of the trial, Kahn remained in his jail cell, refusing to participate and claiming that the court had no jurisdiction. News reports indicated that Kahn "has no legal training but insists on
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