Tax fraud

Escorted to prison; going to Disneyland; FATCA conviction; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A prosecutor in a high-profile French tax case questioned why UBS Group AG systematically destroyed handwritten notebooks detailing the movement of French clients’ funds to surrounding lower-tax countries.

Speedy time; embezzling from the dead; thousands in gold coins; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Banco Santander SA became the latest addition to a long list of banks targeted by German prosecutors over controversial tax-driven transactions known as “Cum-Ex” that may have cost the German state about 10 billion euros ($11.5 billion).

Preparer for illegal aliens pleads; wheat tricks; Ace goes down; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A former Julius Baer banker who leaked documents from a Cayman Islands subsidiary was cleared of breaking Swiss banking secrecy by Switzerland’s top court, creating possible problems for how the Alpine nation’s banks manage their foreign units.

Ordinary families might stash spare cash under a mattress or in a safety deposit box. South Korea’s Lee family are so rich they spent years leaving billions of dollars under the names of their employees.

U.K. cake baker Patisserie Holdings Plc suspended its chief financial officer after uncovering “significant, and potentially fraudulent, accounting irregularities” and a demand for more than a million pounds in back taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service generally is not enforcing the tip agreements it has in place with some businesses, according to a new report.

Michael “the Situation” Sorrentino, star of the MTV reality series “Jersey Shore” was sentenced to eight months in prison Friday for violating federal tax laws, while his brother Marc received a 24-month sentence.