Tax fraud

Speedy decision; trouble in paradise; diplomatic imbecility; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A phish, a mill and a stroll overseas are just three of the 12 major scams the Internal Revenue Service identified for this year's rogues gallery.

Cum-Ex was a tax-driven trading strategy in which bankers, lawyers and others exploited dividend payout laws across Europe to reap duplicate tax refunds.

Disunion; cell phones; only the lonely; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Plus, Google is making massive changes to Chrome, AI-powered tax chatbots aren't performing well, and seven other things that happened in technology this past month.

The Internal Revenue Service urged tax professionals to steer clear of so-called "spearphishing" scams from cybercriminals, including identity thieves posing as new clients.

Chief culprit; tag, you're it; trust them not; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The agency has indicted almost 800 people for COVID fraud, and has a 98.5% conviction rate.

Farming it out; short circuited; California dreamin'; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The revenue service accused Binance of nonpayment of VAT and company income tax, failure to file returns, and complicity in aiding customers to evade taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service has updated its whistleblower award form for tipping off the IRS about tax violations and applying for a monetary reward for the information.

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.