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The North Carolina real estate appraiser is cooperating with prosecutors, as are five accountants who helped sell syndicated conservation easement tax breaks.
By David VoreacosMay 15 -
An Ohio man photographed lounging in a bathtub full of dollar bills stole 713 Bitcoin from a computer device seized by the IRS in a case against his older brother.
By David VoreacosApril 28 -
The U.S. asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin against the Internal Revenue Service.
By David VoreacosApril 27 -
A Los Angeles businessman led a conspiracy with a Utah polygamist family to defraud a U.S. clean-fuels program of more than $1 billion.
By David VoreacosApril 10 -
The Swiss bank continues to help rich Americans hide assets from the IRS nearly a decade after a unit pleaded guilty to tax-evasion conspiracy, the Senate Finance Committee said.
By David VoreacosMarch 29 -
The accountant sold partnerships in deals known as syndicated conservation easements, which the IRS says are often fraudulent tax shelters.
By David VoreacosJanuary 19 -
Gary Harmon told a federal judge that he used his brother's credentials to recreate eight Bitcoin wallets stored on a device in an IRS evidence locker.
By David Voreacos and Zoe TillmanJanuary 9 -
The crypto exchange exec landed in the U.S. to face a range of criminal charges just as two of his long-time associates said they were cooperating with prosecutors.
By Ava Benny-Morrison, Allyson Versprille and David VoreacosDecember 22 -
Gary Harmon was charged after 713 digital tokens, then worth almost $5 million, disappeared from a hardware wallet in an IRS evidence locker as authorities watched helplessly.
By David VoreacosDecember 19 -
Carlos Kepke was set to go on trial on charges of conspiring to defraud the IRS and aiding and abetting the filing of false tax returns by Robert Smith, founder of Vista Equity Partners.
By David Voreacos and Neil WeinbergNovember 29