Tax fraud

Some kind of broke; summa cum crook; ticket punched; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Hanno Berger, a key figure in the sprawling Cum-Ex tax scandal, should get nine years in prison, prosecutors said in closing arguments at a German criminal trial.

It is the first time a Trump business has been convicted of criminal conduct and comes as the former president is running for a second term.

The celebrity lawyer was ordered to pay nearly $11 million in restitution to four clients as well as the IRS.

Prosecutors worked to show that Trump executives, including former CFO Allen Weisselberg, evaded taxes on perks such as free apartments and luxury cars.

In his closing statement at the end of the month-long trial, Assistant DA Joshua Steinglass blasted claims by lawyers for the two Trump companies that former CFO Allen Weisselberg had acted alone.

Hedge funds; Better Dayz behind; the dance is over; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The gift of finances; scaling a firm; new blog on the block; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Carlos Kepke was set to go on trial on charges of conspiring to defraud the IRS and aiding and abetting the filing of false tax returns by Robert Smith, founder of Vista Equity Partners.

Almost made 100; O Canada; check's not in the mail; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

An accountant with Mazars USA who prepared the former president's tax returns for years was the first defense witness in the tax fraud trial of two Trump companies.

Todd and Julie Chrisley, stars of the long-running cable TV series "Chrisley Knows Best," received prison sentences of 12 years and seven years, respectively, on tax evasion and bank fraud charges.

The scandal has increasingly ensnared Wall Street's biggest banks.

For the first time in years, rich Americans who cheat on their taxes face a growing threat from the Internal Revenue Service.

The criminal tax fraud case against a pair of Trump Organization companies playing out in a Manhattan courtroom this month went all the way to trial because of one man: Donald Trump.

The Trump Organization's longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, testified that greed fueled a scheme he says he engaged in with the firm's controller and the two Trump companies standing trial.

Cleanup in aisle four; have con, will travel; out of fashion; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Allen Weisselberg told the jury that soon after he pleaded guilty, the firm booted him off the prestige floor on which Donald Trump worked.

Donald Trump himself was aware of allegedly abusive tax practices at his company, testimony at the criminal fraud trial of two Trump Organization business units suggested.

He'll always have Paris; 'cruel, callous and self-absorbed'; making Book; and other highlights of recent tax cases.