Top Supreme Court attorney Tom Goldstein made headlines last month when he was indicted in Maryland on federal tax evasion charges.

The attorney's case took another turn earlier this week when a judge ordered that he be placed behind bars. 

Goldstein is accused of failing to pay taxes on high stakes poker winnings

According to CNBC, that decision was handed down by Chief Magistrate Judge Timothy Sullivan following a hearing on Monday.

Prosecutors alleged that Goldstein, who also publishes a blog focused on America's highest judicial body, failed to pay more than $5.3 million in taxes between 2016 and 2021.

They maintain that the attorney won $13.8 million from a poker player in Asia and then went on to win another $26.4 million from a California businessman who lives in Beverly Hills.

What's more, the U.S. attorney's office contends that Goldstein had his law firm pay off gambling and also made false statements to a pair of mortgage lenders.

Goldstein allegedly maintains two unreported crypto wallets

Sullivan revoked Goldstein's bail and had him taken into custody after concluding that the lawyer and legal commentator is a "serious" flight risk.

As evidence of this, Sullivan pointed to a prosecution brief which laid out how Goldstein failed to inform Pretrial Services about the existence of two cryptocurrency wallets.

Prosecutors say Goldstein received more than $8 million through the wallets last week and has "sent more than $6 million of cryptocurrency" over the previous five days.

This was despite the fact that the defendant had been ordered not to transfer any of his funds without seeking prior approval.

Goldstein says crypto wallets don't belong to him, denies making transfers

What's more, prosecutors further assert that Goldstein "offered things of value, including cryptocurrency, to a potential witness in the case who had intimate knowledge of his and his law firm’s finances and income."

They added that this "raises the serious concern that [Goldstein’s] recent cryptocurrency transactions may also be used to influence potential witnesses to his crimes."

Although Goldstein denied that the cryptocurrency wallets belonged to him or that he was responsible for the financial transfers, Sullivan concluded otherwise.

He concluded that "there are no conditions and/or combination of conditions that can be established to reasonably assure compliance given the seriousness of the violations and the Court’s continued concern of risk of flight" before adding, "Mr. Goldstein is unable and/or unlikely to abide by any [Conditions of Release] at this time."