Prominent former U.S. Supreme Court lawyer Tom Goldstein was arrested and detained on Monday after a judge in Maryland said he violated the terms of his pretrial release on previous tax-related charges tied to his high-stakes poker playing.

SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein was indicted in January on charges alleging he failed to declare millions of dollars in poker winnings.

SCOTUSblog co-founder and former Supreme Court lawyer, Tom Goldstein was reportedly detained over crypto transfers amid a tax evasion case. A Maryland judge ruled that he violated pretrial release terms in the case tied to his high-stakes poker playing.

A federal judge on Thursday ordered Tom Goldstein's release from jail, three days after the prominent Washington lawyer and appellate law expert was arrested and detained for allegedly violating pretrial release terms in a tax prosecution tied to his high-stakes poker playing.