Tax fraud

Pacific time; the foreign country of Texas; COVID fine; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue identified more than 4,500 fraudulent tax returns using an inmate’s Social Security Number in 2019, claiming refunds totaling over $14 million.

Founded on fraud; what’s in a name?; taken for granted; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The new figure for the tax gap is multiples higher than previous estimates from the federal government.

Potuck; what a decade; nice work, Genius; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Could be a long haul; Boston illegal; down the drain; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Home boys; going off payroll; building a case; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

More than 20 percent of the wealthiest Americans’ income isn’t being reported to the Internal Revenue Service, according to a new study that calculates U.S. tax evasion is far higher than previously estimated.

Tanked; lobby hobby; you’re not undercover, are you?; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Syndicated conservation easement deals cheat the IRS out of an estimated $250 million by overvaluing deductions.

A former UBS Group AG executive who is trying to reverse a conviction at a landmark tax trial couldn’t remember the assets managed by his team focusing on French clients out of Switzerland.

Auditors were only able to recoup about 39 percent of the more than $4 billion in unpaid taxes owed by a group of rich taxpayers with an average annual income of nearly $1.6 million.

UnReliable; Terminated; the wire tap; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Former Credit Suisse Group AG bankers who blew the whistle on their employer for helping wealthy Americans dodge taxes are now urging U.S. authorities to punish the bank beyond the $2.6 billion it paid as part of a guilty plea seven years ago.

UBS Group AG questioned investigators’ dealings with a whistleblower who provided documents and evidence about an event for wealthy clients at the French Open that helped lead to a record 4.5 billion-euro ($5.4 billion) penalty.

In Touch and in jail; end of the ride; took a powder; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Thomas Sandell and Sandell Asset Management are paying $105 million to New York, the biggest fine of its kind in the state.

RAP sheet; shipping out; Pelicon; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a warning about the widening range of scams involving Economic Impact Payments aimed at recipients of COVID-19 relief.

His story reveals the far-reaching net that continues to entangle individuals and firms who were engaged in so-called Cum-Ex transactions, almost a decade after the dividend-tax practice ended.