Tax fraud

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

The Internal Revenue Service has begun a new campaign to make tax preparers more aware of security risks that could expose their clients to identity theft and tax fraud.

Barcelona soccer star Lionel Messi, the record five-time world player of the year, was handed a 21-month prison sentence for tax fraud by a Spanish court that he’s unlikely to have to serve.

UBS Group AG is fighting a demand that it provide information on French clients to tax authorities, days after Paris prosecutors separately recommended the bank go on trial for helping French citizens evade taxes.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Former billionaire entrepreneur Samuel Wyly will have to move out of his $12 million Texas mansion unless he miraculously wins a "home run" appeal of a fraud case in Manhattan, a federal judge ruled.

Luxembourg’s criminal court handed out suspended jail terms and fines to former PricewaterhouseCoopers staffers Antoine Deltour and Raphael Halet for their role in the so-called LuxLeaks scandal.

Some of our favorite examples of tax and accounting professionals breaking bad

The Internal Revenue Service held a meeting Tuesday of its Security Summit members to discuss progress on combating identity theft-related tax refund fraud this past tax season along with plans for next year.

Oil-industry investor Morris Zukerman faces more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges of evading more than $40 million in taxes.

A roundup of some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

The Internal Revenue Service has closed down its electronic filing PIN tool after noticing suspicious activity.

Identity thieves are continuing to target taxpayers despite the Internal Revenue Service’s efforts to better authenticate taxpayers, according to a new report.

UBS Group AG has ended a legal fight with the Internal Revenue Service, agreeing to hand over records on an American client’s account in Singapore as U.S. authorities seek to move beyond Switzerland in their fight against offshore tax evasion.

A former Credit Suisse Group AG banker pleaded guilty to helping Americans evade taxes, admitting his role after spending the past five years as a fugitive.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration warned Tuesday about a new twist in the IRS impersonation scam, with fraudsters pretending to be Internal Revenue Service employees demanding taxpayers send them tax payments not only on iTunes gift cards, but on other types of gift cards as well.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

The Internal Revenue Service failed to identify and assist all taxpayers who may have been affected by the data breach in its online “Get Transcript” application, according to a new government report.

The two biggest political parties in Denmark’s parliament say the country may need to tighten punishments for bankers on the wrong side of the law as the Panama leaks continue to reveal practices that politicians say are unacceptable.