Tax Fraud

There has been a development in the case that has been called "the largest criminal tax case in American history," Stein v. KPMG, LLP, 486 F.3d 753, 756 (2d Cir. 2007). 

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. has filed a $34 million lawsuit against television's "Tax Lady Roni Deutch" for allegedly orchestrating a "heartless scheme" that swindled thousands of people facing serious and expensive tax collection problems with the IRS.

The Mercator Corporation, a merchant bank with offices in New York, has pleaded guilty to one count of making an unlawful payment to a senior government official of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”). Additionally, James H. Giffen, Mercator’s chairman, pleaded guilty to one count of failing to disclose control of a Swiss bank account on his income tax return. 

The Long Island town of Riverhead has been using technology for the past year in an effort to save lives – and to raise money. Specifically, it has been using Google Earth to find houses that have swimming pools that do not have the proper permits – it’s apparently found about 240 so far.

Twenty three new defendants are facing federal charges, along with a man who was arrested in April, alleging that they participated in a conspiracy since 2008 to claim more than $2.35 million in fraudulent federal income tax refunds and economic stimulus payments.

Felix M. Mathis, an attorney practicing in Zurich, Switzerland, has been indicted by the U.S. government on grounds that he conspired to defraud the United States and structured the importation of currency into this country. If convicted, Mathis faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and a maximum fine of $1.25 million. 

The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a federal court to bar a Utah man from promoting an alleged false church-based tax fraud scheme.

Attorney Steven W. Allen has pleaded guilty in federal court in Arizona to taking part in a conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by promoting a fraudulent offshore trust scheme to hide his clients’ income. Allen P. Goodmansen, a certified public accountant, pleaded guilty to participating in the same conspiracy. Charles D.

Chicago attorney and Certified Public Accountant John B.

Helmer Toro, the owner of H & H Bagels in New York, has pleaded guilty to charges of Grand Larceny, Offering a False Instrument for Filing, and to a violation of Labor Law for unemployment insurance tax manipulation. According to the government, Toro collected but failed to pay more than $369,000 withheld from the payroll of the employees of his bagel business.