Financial crimes

Lots of loot, lots of cars; figures that didn’t add up; Fast time; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Declining manpower continues to sap the Internal Revenue Service’s ability to pursue criminal cases, as the number of new investigations dropped by 11 percent over the past year and recommendations for prosecution fell by 18 percent.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV Chairman Christo Wiese, seeking to stabilize the embattled retailer, is negotiating a standstill agreement on a 1.5 billion-euro ($1.8 billion) margin loan under which banks would suspend the sale of stock until next year, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV bonds extended losses after Moody’s Investors Service slashed the credit rating to junk in the wake of an accounting scandal that’s threatening the survival of the global furniture and clothing retailer.

Like mother, like daughter; a rep for refunds; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV plunged after its chief executive officer resigned amid accounting irregularities, rocking a company that’s rapidly expanded from its roots in South Africa into a retail empire spanning Australia, Europe and the U.S.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the auditing firm Anton & Chia and several of its officials with fraud, accusing the Newport Beach, Calif.-based firm of conducting flawed audits and reviews of financial statements while violating securities laws.

CPA under-reports income; an open relationship and a hidden scheme; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A quarter million for phony work; pools, snow and fraud; bogus figures all around; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

So busted; many clients, not one business; plenty for wife and girlfriend; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A federal jury in Boston has convicted a Miami CPA on multiple counts of tax fraud and obstructing the Internal Revenue Service, but he is vowing to appeal.

Bad call; anti-social behavior; wearing Frownies; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Shadow preparer; an unusual exit strategy; a Jag, a Benz and a sentence; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

U.S. prosecutors filed a straightforward, easy-to-prove criminal case against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, leaving him with a stark choice: cooperate or fight the charges and, if he loses, face years in prison.

Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, and his onetime business partner Rick Gates were charged with conspiracy against the U.S., the first people charged in the broad investigation into Russian meddling with the U.S. election.

Five Stars and three defendants; a fraud goes ka-boom; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

No more prep for mother and son; big refund for undercover agent; this will hurt a bit; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Rio Tinto Group’s calamitous $3.7 billion coal deal in Mozambique keeps coming back to haunt the world’s second-biggest miner, three years after it unloaded the mine.

Hung Ha, 41, was convicted of threatening a federal official after aggressively seeking a tax refund.

More than 1,300 bogus returns; King of crime; retired CPA is slick non-filer; and other highlights of recent tax cases.