Tax fraud

Confidence man; Bits & Bytes & busted; lost that bet; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service is cracking down on the use of employee stock ownership plans as a way to avoid taxes.

An Israeli startup that's advised by former IRS officials is using artificial intelligence to fight financial crimes.

Under the counter; a New Look but an old story; unAffordable behavior; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Despite repeated encouragement by his accountant, Biden never signed or submitted his returns.

Several tax lawyers said agents may have gone too far by looking for crimes in transactions that promoters promised were permissible under a 2011 tax treaty.

Tax experts testified during a hearing about the Employee Retention Credit and the issues they and their clients are facing.

Bad magic; this will hurt a bit; the Queen is dead; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service will be adding extra procedures to deter scammers who have been inundating the agency with bogus claims for the Employee Retention Credit.

Lawyers and federal prosecutors came to an agreement during the hearing to limit the plea deal to apply to only tax crimes, drug offenses and a firearm violation between the years 2014 to 2019.

The service is seeing a surge of scams hitting taxpayers via email and text messages touting tax refunds and quick fixes to their tax problems.

Past tax problems, too; blaming the law; on pins and needles; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The island's top economic development official says he's actively cooperating with U.S. tax authorities as they investigate about 100 high-income individuals.

A Dutch tax advisor who had a client list of top DJs and fashion industry figures was arrested in Italy and extradited to the U.S.

Poor Quality; for king and country and cash; a penny saved; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Cum-Ex strategy ultimately landed ED&F Man in the middle of one of the biggest financial scandals in modern European history.

The service has updated its systems to detect invalid claims for the Child and Dependent Care Credit and the EITC.

Low-class mail; time to pay the check; closing curtain; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service is cautioning taxpayers to beware of a new scam in which fraudsters are sending out cardboard envelopes from a delivery service asking for personal info.

Cigar bars; Loyal to the end; keeping that pipeline full; and other highlights of recent tax cases.