The news this week has been chock full of stories about so-called “white collar criminals” like Helmsley, Tomko, and Ikebe, who made money by evading
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She Had A Yen Not To Pay Tax?
A Japanese housewife who made 400 million yen (which, using today’s conversion rate is $3,452,383.93 US) trading in foreign exchange markets was fined today for
Read MoreGo Directly To Jail. Do Not Pass Go.
Are good works enough to mitigate jail time? Is a nice resume an excuse to skip prison? Probably not. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of
Read MoreMaybe Only the Little People Pay Taxes. But Everybody Dies.
Maybe it’s the line of work that I do – I do a lot of estates related work – but I’ve often thought about how
Read MoreWaiter, A Little Tax Evasion On The Side, Please
Restaurant moguls Giuseppe Cipriani, 42, and Arrigo Cipriani, 75, accepted a plea today to willfully filing falsified state and local tax returns for the tax
Read MoreDon’t Hate Her Because She’s Beautiful
Hate her because she’s beautiful and rich. Supermodel Gisele Bundchen of Brazil topped Forbes.com’s 2007 list of The Top Earning Models in the World with
Read MoreBlack Friday
Conrad Black had a reason to believe this Friday 13th was unlucky. The 62-year-old member of the British House of Lords was found guilty of
Read MoreWarren Buffet Will Give You One Million Dollars…
Well, only if you were at a Hillary Clinton fundraiser last night. The often “out of the box” Buffet, one of the richest men in
Read MoreWhatcha Gonna Do When They Come For You?
I read with unlimited glee and profound satisfaction the US Department of Justice press release of the nineteen count indictment of Steve Yagman. As a
Read MoreAnybody Have White-Out?
Walter C. Anderson’s failure to pay taxes finally caught up with him. And a botched plea agreement by the IRS potentially saved him millions of
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