Jim Letten, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced that Andrew Martin was sentenced by United States District Judge Carl J. Barbier to thirty (30) months imprisonment for tax fraud. This sentence is to be served consecutively to the 68 months he received last year for his role in the Edwards riverboat extortion case.
The case against Andrew Martin, a former public official (aide to Governor Edwin Edwards), revolving around the use of a shell company to evade the payment of $450,000 in income taxes. Martin used the company’s account to receive income and purchase assets, including a $300,000 houseboat docked in Port Fourchon.
The case was investigated by agents of the IRS and was prosecuted by AUSAs Peter Strasser and Fred P. Harper, Jr.
Jim Letten, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced that Andrew Martin was sentenced by United States District Judge Carl J. Barbier to thirty (30) months imprisonment for tax fraud. This sentence is to be served consecutively to the 68 months he received last year for his role in the Edwards riverboat extortion case.