Tax crimes

Sanjay Shah, who founded a London hedge fund that specialized in controversial Cum-Ex trades, was charged by Danish prosecutors in a 9.6 billion-krone ($1.6 billion) tax-fraud probe, according to a person familiar with the case.

Ooo, the pain; off the market; a lower calling; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Criminal Investigation Division is in a nostalgic mood, releasing a retrospective this week of its top five cases of the year through its Twitter handle, @IRS_CI.

Devil’s in the details; the court date; smackdown; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Folded; they didn’t need to know; sentence guaranteed; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Top boss no more; wrong slide of the law; the run’s over; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Busted; ‘an undercover agent or anything;’ dastardly deeds; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Island girls; five-year mission; nurse malpractitioner; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Drug money; Phoenix descending; stepping down; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation unit has been initiating fewer investigations of abusive tax return preparers this past year, while also recommending fewer prosecutions, and seeing fewer indictments and prison sentences this year.