Tax fraud

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 Internal Revenue Service hasn’t done enough to improve its procedures for reviewing amended tax returns to reduce erroneous and fraudulent tax refunds, according to a new report.

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

More than 10,000 cryptocurrency investors face a decision as they open letters from the Internal Revenue Service informing them that they may owe taxes on their digital holdings.

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.

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

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.