Federal prosecutors are searching for to compel Reynolds and Reynolds Co. and particular person executives to supply information forward of a competency listening to for Bob Brockman, the corporate’s former chairman and CEO who faces tax and wire fraud prices.

Authorities attorneys filed a movement Monday asking a federal decide to order a handful of witnesses to show over information in response to subpoenas inside 30 days. Prosecutors wrote within the submitting that whereas the witnesses are usually not required to supply proof till the date of the Sept. 13 competency listening to, “such late manufacturing will trigger pointless and undue delay.”

Brockman’s attorneys didn’t instantly reply to messages searching for remark.

Prosecutors wrote in Monday’s submitting that protection attorneys object to the movement for causes outlined in a submitting in February. Protection attorneys wrote in that submitting, which additionally addressed the federal government’s request for Brockman’s medical information, that prosecutors cannot conduct a “fishing expedition” to assist collect proof for competency proceedings.

“The federal government’s request isn’t solely patently overbroad and unsupported, it’s also impermissible,” Brockman’s attorneys wrote.

Prosecutors say they’re searching for data from witnesses that may converse to Brockman’s competency and his skill to help in his protection. Brockman, 80, was indicted in October on 39 counts, together with tax evasion, wire fraud, cash laundering and proof tampering, in what federal prosecutors say was a two-decade scheme to evade taxes on $2 billion in revenue. He has pleaded not responsible.

His attorneys final yr requested for a competency listening to, citing a analysis indicative of Parkinson’s illness or Lewy physique dementia that’s progressive and has affected his skill to course of and retain data.

Brockman stepped down from his roles as chairman and CEO of privately held dealership administration system large Reynolds and Reynolds in November.

Reynolds couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.

Authorities attorneys wrote in Monday’s submitting that they’re searching for “board of administrators’ minutes referring to the 2020 reorganizations of Reynolds & Reynolds, and the function Defendant performed in these choices. The federal government can be searching for payroll information for Defendant to ascertain Defendant’s place as Chief Govt Officer from 2018 to November 2020.”

Prosecutors are searching for information from “Common Pc Methods Holding (Reynolds & Reynolds),” together with communications from Brockman’s electronic mail account since June 10, 2020; details about adjustments to the board of administrators and govt management since Jan. 1, 2020; compensation information for Brockman and present CEO Tommy Barras, who took excessive function in November; board assembly minutes since January 2018; billing information, invoices and funds made to exterior legislation corporations for representing Common Pc Methods Holding and associates or subsidiaries in civil circumstances since January 2018; and information of donations to Baylor College or the Baylor Faculty of Medication in Texas since January 2018.

As well as, prosecutors wrote that they’re asking for:

• Correspondence between Brockman and Robert Burnett, Reynolds’ govt vice chairman of company growth and CFO, and “testimony regarding a closed electronic mail communication system solely obtainable to Reynolds & Reynolds senior administration.”
• Details about the appointment of James Jackson, Brockman’s non secular adviser, to the Reynolds board.
• Correspondence between Brockman and Craig Moss, whom prosecutors recognized as Reynolds’ former CFO.

“The proof the federal government has subpoenaed pertains to Defendant’s skilled actions, conduct, psychological acuity, {and professional} and private interactions with third events from 2018 to the current,” prosecutors wrote within the movement filed Monday. “These observations, paperwork and testimony are all related to Defendant’s competency to face trial.”

Reynolds and Reynolds was not implicated within the authorities’s indictment in opposition to Brockman, nor had been the people subpoenaed to supply proof associated to the competency proceedings. The corporate has beforehand advised Automotive Information that the costs contain “actions Robert Brockman engaged in exterior of his skilled obligations with Reynolds and Reynolds.”