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Thursday, September 29, 2016

Update on Judge Kroupa Prosecution - Kroupa's Change of Plea Hearing Set for 10/21/16 (9/29/16)

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The docket entries in the prosecution of former Tax Court Judge Diane Kroupa indicate: 09/29/2016 49 TEXT ONLY ENTRY: NOTICE OF SETTING ...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Another Plea to Offshore Account Tax Crimes (9/28/16; 9/29/16)

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DOJ Tax announced here a new information, here , and guilty plea today.  Excerpts: New York City Resident Pleads Guilty to Using Sham For...
Monday, September 26, 2016

Update on Judge Kroupa Prosecution - Her Husband Pleads Guilty (9/26/16; 9/27/16)

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This blog entry has been substantially revised and enhanced on 9/27/26 around 4:15pm because of my obtaining and analyzying the plea agreeme...
Saturday, September 24, 2016

Faulty Tax Shelter Opinions and Appraisals and Resulting Civil Penalties (9/24/16)

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Two recent cases highlight the role of the tax professionals' legal opinions in so-called tax shelters.  During the abusive tax shelter...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Daugerdas Conviction and Sentencing Affirmed by Second Circuit Court of Appeals (9/21/16)

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The Second Circuit affirmed today the conviction and sentencing of Paul M. Daugerdas, promoter en mass of bullshit tax shelters.   United St...

Another Plea to Offshore Account Tax Crimes (9/21/16)

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DOJ Tax announced here another conviction related to an offshore account.  The title of the press release is:  "DOJ Tax Press Release...
Friday, September 16, 2016

Fourth Circuit Affirms Conviction for Tax Evasion In Questionable Circumstances (9/16/16)

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In United States v. Davey , 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 16519 (4th Cir. 2016) (unpublished), here , Davey was convicted of "for conspiracy to...

Tax Preparer Receives the Vulnerable Victim Sentencing Enhancement for Falsely Claiming Minor Dependents (9/16/16)

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In United States v. Adeolu , ___ F.3d ___, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 16655 (3rd Cir. 2016), here , the Third Circuit held the key facts where (fo...

French Prosecutor Requests 3-year Prison Sentence for French Officials' Offshore Accounts (9/16/16)

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This report on the prosecution of a former French official.  Chine Labbe and Michel Rose, French prosecutor seeks 3 years' jail for ex-...

Swiss Supreme Court Approves Netherland Group Requests Under Double Tax Treaty (9/16/18)

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Although other countries' tax initiatives involving secret accounts is not the main focus of this blog, I thought readers might be inter...
Thursday, September 15, 2016

Gary Stern Plea Agreement (9/15/16)

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I have previously reported on the indictment of Gary Stern, a lawyer, for various tax counts.  See Gary Stern Indictment (Federal Tax Crime...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Court Rejects Attempt to Attack Guilty Plea Over Claim that Prosecutor Threatened to Prosecute Wife (9/13/16)

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It is not uncommon in situations where two related parties are implicated in a common potential crime for the federal prosecutor to offer an...
Thursday, September 8, 2016

Tax Attorney Convicted of Employment Tax Fraud (9/8/16; 9/10/16)

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This DOJ Tax press release, here , caught my eye because the title was:   Pittsburgh Tax Attorney and Owner of Iceoplex Convicted of Employm...

Collateral Consequences of Conviction - The Prohibition on Felons' Possession of Firearms (9/8/16)

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In my publications on federal tax crimes (currently Chapter 12 of Michael Saltzman and Leslie Book, IRS Practice and Procedure (Thomsen Reu...