FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, charged with lying about Biden’s ties to Ukraine, now faces new tax charges

Alexander Smirnov, a former FBI informant previously indicted for allegedly lying about US President Joe Biden and his family’s ties to Ukrainehas been sued for new tax-related charges.

US Ministry of Justice Special Prosecutor David Weiss filed the new indictment on November 21, accusing Smirnov of hiding millions of dollars in income earned between 2020 and 2022.

The 27-page indictment said Smirnov received more than $2 million from multiple sources during those years, although he reported “only $60,000 in total annual income and $250,000 in gross operating income” on a business credit card application dated June 18, 2022.

The indictment also outlined Smirnov’s expenses, which included a $1.4 million condominium in Las Vegas, rented a Bentley for more than $122,000, and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on clothing, jewelry, and accessories he allegedly bought for himself and his domestic partner had purchased.

“To conceal the millions of dollars in income he received in 2020, 2021 and 2022, Defendant prepared and filed for himself and on behalf of the domestic partner false Forms 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns, which included false and fictitious income and expenses included. ” reads the complaint.

Smirnov’s attorney, David Chesnoff, said CBS News that his client denies the allegations and “intends to vigorously defend this case as he vigorously defended the first case.”

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from Smirnov previous charge accused him of falsely claiming to his FBI handler that an executive at the Ukrainian energy company Burisma had told him they had paid Biden and his son Hunter $5 million each to “protect us, through his father, from all kinds of trouble ‘.

Prosecutors said witness statements, email evidence, and telephone and travel records further proved that Smirnov could not have been in contact with Burisma officials when he claimed, and that the bribery allegations against the Biden family were therefore completely false.

Smirnov’s testimony formed the basis of an investigation launched by Republicans in Congress into Biden and his family and led to a House impeachment inquiry against Biden.

The trial against Smirnov in the Biden case has been postponed until January 8 next year.