One of the most respected lawyers in the United States, Tom Goldstein, has spent the year battling charges of tax fraud and other financial crimes related to high-stakes poker matches.
The high-stakes poker matches allegedly took Goldstein, who has appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court more than any other private attorney, from Hollywood to Macau, where he won and lost tens of millions in heads-up poker matches.
Goldstein's legal battle, which is still in the pretrial phase, makes for PokerNews' sixth biggest story of 2025.
Breaking Down the Indictment
Goldstein, who is the founder of the popular legal site SCOTUSblog, had recently retired from law when he was indicted in January by a federal grand jury on 22 counts, including tax evasion, falsifying tax returns, failing to pay taxes, and making false statements to two separate mortgage lenders.