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Show Biz Lawyer Finally Sentenced in Massive Fraud Case

11 June 2011

The bizarre saga involving former Hollywood tax attorney Matthew G. Krane appears to finally have come to a close. Krane was sentenced yesterday to 2-1/2 years in federal prison for his role in a tax shelter scheme. Krane had pleaded guilty in 2009 to evading tax by failing to claim $36 million in undeclared income [...]

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Lights, Cameras, Plea Agreement!

14 December 2009

It sounds like something right out of Hollywood: a lawyer takes a kickback in exchange for setting up wealthy clients in a multi-billion dollar tax loss-generating scheme. He then applies for a false passport using an assumed name – which passport is found, along with crystal meth, date-rape drugs and horse tranquilizers, inside his home. [...]

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