Tax evasion

Swiss prosecutors are seeking a four-year prison term for a former UBS Group AG employee accused of breaking bank secrecy laws after he allegedly stole client data and sold the information to German tax authorities.

In a series of tweets, the businessman announced he has not filed a tax return for eight years, calling taxation “theft” and “illegal.”

The nation’s super-rich are running for cover on concern the government will make up the shortfall by going after the wealthy.

The Asian country’s effort to get its citizens to pay taxes by enrolling them in a lottery is delivering a big payout — for the government.

Tax settlements are often scuttled when you ignore the “dissipated asset” rule.

The widow of a onetime Frenchman billionaire won a round of her fight against a criminal tax investigation linked to the Panama Papers leak that initially targeted her husband.

The Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program has closed and there are new, tougher procedures in place.

The chief executive officer of Denmark’s biggest fund will step down for allegedly trying to dodge Swiss taxes while running a unit of Nordea Bank a decade ago.

Technology is helping special agents root out tax fraud and evasion, despite a declining workforce.

A prosecutor at a high-profile Paris trial said UBS Group AG must be “punished” by a court for helping wealthy French clients hide money from tax authorities.