Tax fraud

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.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Whistleblower Program made 217 awards to whistleblowers totaling $312,207,590 and collected $1,441,255,859, according to a new report.

Smoke screen; low miles but big sentence; undivine Providence; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Invented expenses; hidden returns, client gifts; skimmed immigrants; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The athlete will be able to avoid a prison sentence with the plea deal.

Phony debts; dead wrongs; all ‘zeros’; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Condo bunco; life goes on; heavy metals; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A private bank under investigation in Germany over a series of controversial tax deals has opened a new legal front.

Swiss prosecutors are seeking a four-year prison term for a former UBS Group AG employee accused of breaking bank secrecy laws after he allegedly stole client data and sold the information to German tax authorities.

In a series of tweets, the businessman announced he has not filed a tax return for eight years, calling taxation “theft” and “illegal.”

The nation’s super-rich are running for cover on concern the government will make up the shortfall by going after the wealthy.