Witness owed $750,000 in unpaid tax, court told

An FBI agent testifying against alleged Real IRA chief Michael McKevitt owed the US Government $750,000 (€650,000) in unpaid taxes after his business collapsed, he said today.

Former trucking company boss David Rupert was also investigated for fraud and recruited to go undercover in an operation targeting drug dealers and a female police officer in New York state, a court was told.