Financial crimes

A former Walt Disney accountant has accused the company of overstating revenue for years and has filed whistleblower tips with the SEC.

The prevalence of fraud in modern corporations is astounding when one considers the architecture that is in place to eliminate it.

Renters’ rebates; nominal fees; bail fail; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

General Electric shares plunged after a prominent whistle-blower working with a short-seller accused the company of masking financial problems.

Different kind of bracelets; Bentleys and a rinse; ministry of fraud; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Danish police are investigating an explosion that ripped through the country’s national tax agency late on Tuesday, in what authorities are characterizing as a deliberate act.

HSBC Holdings Plc’s Swiss private banking unit agreed to pay about 294 million euros ($329 million) to settle a Belgian criminal probe into allegations it helped wealthy clients dodge hundreds of millions of euros in taxes.

The former executives were charged with manipulating income at the New York-based shopping-center owner.

D.A. IOU; broken LINX; fraudster to the stars; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Not so Smart; The Kings are dead; sick ideas; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Four family members belonging to a Utah polygamist group admitted defrauding the U.S. of $512 million in renewable-fuel tax credits, with the leader saying the mastermind was an Armenian immigrant who owns a small oil and gas empire in Southern California. That businessman now faces trial alone.

Grass and guns; you owe bigtime; crazy schemes; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

In the short term, the judge and the government need a full accounting of Epstein’s wealth as part of the bail determination.

From gems to jail; benefiting no one; all engines stop; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A San Diego investment fund owner was arrested and charged with running an insider-trading ring that made more than $6 million from illegal tips about Illumina Inc.

The embattled National Rifle Association reported some good news this year: Revenue from membership dues jumped 33 percent last year to $170 million. But that picture may not be as rosy as those numbers suggest.

This is the latest case of a Big Four firm being sanctioned for its accounting shortcomings.

Two for one; underreporting more than a million; $500 for fake info; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Justice done; Invented numbers; gone fishing; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Tongaat Hulett Ltd. said South African police are investigating an unnamed former executive for his role in an accounting scandal that’s forced the sugar maker to restate financials and ask for its shares to be suspended.