Tax fraud

The federal investigators who uncovered the scam probably got help from the accountants.

Two firms barred; very differently abled; pain in the neck; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service has been cracking down on tax-related ID theft, helping make 11 arrests and indict 15 individuals in recent weeks.

The call may pretend to be from the TAS offices in Houston or Brooklyn.

The California charity at the center of the college-admissions scandal apparently never attracted attention from the IRS.

A looming Swiss Supreme Court ruling could add to the bank's woes.

The U.K. taxman is coming under fire over its program giving the wealthy one last opportunity to disclose income or assets stashed in secretive offshore accounts.

This will hurt a bit; death and taxes; millions in income, decades of not filing; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The president's former campaign chairman won leniency from a federal judge who sent him to prison for less than four years, but next week he’ll be sentenced in a second case.

Teemco player; reverse that merger!; ATM gamble doesn’t pay off; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Bank Hapoalim Ltd., Israel’s second-biggest bank, set aside an additional $246 million to settle a lengthy tax evasion investigation by U.S. authorities. The shares fell the most in more than two months.

Michael Anderson and his wife, Kathy, spun his tax preparer’s electronic “prize wheel” and won a promise from the company to double their refund.

Underfoot and underhanded; hysterical hysterectomy; no way to get a head; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Assertions in his testimony include that the president may have lied about his finances, his income and his tax situation.

$3 million in phony refunds; caretaker cares for own coffers; ‘serial fraud;’ and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A Paris court found the bank guilty of helping wealthy French clients stash undeclared funds in Swiss accounts.

The Swiss lender eschewed a settlement in a French tax investigation after failing to agree on an amount, exposing it to in-court demands from the state.

Invest until it hurts; learning the tab at sentencing; foreclosure fraud; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Art dealer Mary Boone, the darling of New York’s throbbing downtown scene in the 1980s, made a splash last year when she pleaded guilty to a years-long tax evasion scheme. Then, instead of a prison term, she asked a judge to sentence her to running her galleries.

Not ready for Primetime; copping a plea; preying on Puerto Rico; and other highlights of recent tax cases.