Financial crimes

Steinhoff International Holdings NV is seeking more than 850 million rand ($59 million) from former Chief Executive Officer Markus Jooste for his role in the accounting crisis that triggered the retailer’s near-collapse.

Officials at the Internal Revenue Service are looking to hire more employees to handle tax enforcement, compliance and administration of the tax code.

Biofool; give and it hurts; low Priority; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Secret records; cashed out; relatives, acquaintances and Social Security numbers; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

PricewaterhouseCoopers was fined 4.55 million pounds by the U.K.’s accounting watchdog over failings in its handling of technology firm Redcentric.

About 80 former and current employees of Deutsche Bank AG are suspects in an investigation by German prosecutors into an alleged tax fraud, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has added fraud charges to its previous charges against Longfin Corp., a defunct company that used to promote cryptocurrency and went public under dubious circumstances.

Clawbacks on incentive-based compensation for executives could lead to misconduct and misreporting of financial results, according to a new academic study.

Former Hewlett-Packard Co. head Meg Whitman was accused of "trashing" the reputation of Autonomy founder Mike Lynch without understanding whether fraud had been committed at the firm he sold for $11 billion.

Contemptible; an extensive history; energy crisis; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Stimulation; with a bullet; self-description and misrepresentation; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Flag on the play; range of misdeeds; economic development; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

One of China’s largest listed drug makers said related parties used the firm’s funds to trade its shares, a day after the securities regulator alleged financial data had been fabricated.

A CPA from New York has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for filing a tax return in his own name that contained materially false information.

Hidden fees; Maxed out; inhuman services; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Various EFINs; Mr. Plow; toothsome; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The global retailer at the center of South Africa’s biggest corporate scandal cut the value of its assets because of accounting irregularities.

Broker busted; bad habits; home of the braid; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Securities and Exchange Commission and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board finalized 45 enforcement actions involving accountants in 2018, marking a significant decrease from 2017.

Aggravating factors; a big dig; steal of the Century; and other highlights of recent tax cases.