Tax fraud

The Internal Revenue Service's efforts to halt fraudulent claims for the Employee Retention Credit have protected more than $1 billion since the agency instituted a processing moratorium.

Dan Rotta, 77, was charged in Miami with hiding assets from the IRS in two dozen secret Swiss accounts between 1985 and 2020.

The gang's all here; not in good hands; lack of redemption; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service is urging businesses that have filed claims for the Employee Retention Credit to make sure they didn't incorrectly claim the credit and to come forward if they did.

A British hedge fund trader said in court that he and his team did nothing illegal when receiving more than $1.3 billion\ in dividend tax refunds.

Nothing sacred; on the Lamborghini; Empire lost; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Daniel Rotta hid more than $20 million from the IRS, using "pseudonyms, complicated corporate structures and nominees" to conceal offshore assets and income.

A Brazilian-American businessman who lives in Florida was charged with using Credit Suisse Group AG, UBS Group AG and other Swiss banks to hide more than $20 million in assets from U.S. tax authorities over 35 years.

Scale of the crime; a favorite client; with a bullet; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The customers include a Brazilian businessman whose Florida residence was raided by the IRS and a Colombian family featured in a Senate report about the bank's role in tax evasion schemes.