Lawyers for the software mogul argued he is mentally unfit, but a federal judge calls him 'extremely intelligent.'
. Prosecutors said he hid over $2 billion in income from authorities over a 20-year period by putting money in secret accounts, encrypting communications and falsifying documents.
But Hanks found that although Brockman suffers from some mental decline, he was likely exaggerating his symptoms to avoid prosecution. Hanks outlined discrepancies between what Brockman's attorneys claimed about his mental functions and Brockman's own actions. Brockman was diagnosed with dementia in late 2018, but in 2019 he testified in two complex antitrust cases, during which time no lawyers or doctors raised concerns about his mental abilities, according to the judge's ruling. after he had been charged with tax fraud.
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