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Solar tax credit fraud case takes bizarre new twist

9 January 2019 by DSR

  “The energy consultant accused of forging documents to get state funding for a troubled solar power installation at two Oregon universities offered a surprising new alibi this week. My brother did it. In a sworn statement filed Monday in Marion County Circuit Court, Phil Shain, the brother of the Seattle-based consultant, Martin Shain, claims … [Read more…]

Posted in: Fraud Tagged: BacGen Technologies, court, Department of Energy, forgery, fraud, Jim McDermott, John Kitzhaber, Kristina Edmunson, lawsuit, Marion County, Martin Shain, Oregon, Oregon Institute of Technology, Oregon State University, Oregon's Solar by Degrees, panels, Phil Shain, Portland, SolarWorld, subsidies, tax credits

Did secret phone call jeopardize solar fraud prosecution?

9 January 2019 by DSR

  “State and federal law enforcement agents hoped for a confession. But Seattle energy consultant Martin Shain wasn’t playing ball. Agents from the Oregon Department of Justice and the FBI investigating an Oregon solar power project last September persuaded another player in the case to telephone Shain in hopes he would incriminate himself. Agents wanted … [Read more…]

Posted in: Fraud Tagged: Attorney General, court, Ellen Rosenblum, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, forgery, fraud, Jim McDermott, John Kitzhaber, Ken Lerner, malpractice, Martin Shain, Oregon, Oregon Department of Energy, Oregon Department of Justice, Oregon Institute of Technology, Oregon University System, Portland, RedCo, Ryan Davies, Seattle, Solar by Degrees, SolarCity, subsidies, tax credits, Washington

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