Tax crime doesn’t pay — coverage of tax fraud, evasion, and financial crime prosecutions, and what they mean for the rest of us.
As expected, entertainer Lauryn Hill has pleaded guilty to charges of tax evasion. Ms. Hill did not speak after the recent hearing but her attorney indicated that she was prepared to pay the tax due on the nearly $2 million she failed to report in 2005, 2006, and 2007. As a result, her sentencing was…
It’s the end of the world as he knows it – and he doesn’t quite feel fine. Ronald Weinland was fairly certain that the world was ending… sometime. Weinland served as a minister for a Cincinnati, Ohio based church, the Church of God – Preparing for the Kingdom of God, which streamed sermons live on…
Earlier today, George Zimmerman’s wife, Shellie N. Zimmerman, was arrested for allegedly lying at her husband’s bond hearing. Mr. Zimmerman made headlines this spring when he shot an unarmed Florida teen, Trayvon Martin. Mr. Zimmerman claimed that the shooting was justified and was done in self-defense after the teen became aggressive. In April, Mr. Zimmerman…
Earlier in the week, I reported that entertainer Lauryn Hill was charged with failing to file tax returns for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007. I suggested that there was evidence in her background (specifically, statements made by her former Fugees bandmate and friend, Wyclef Jean) that might point towards mental illness or other related…
When I was in law school, my friend, Madeline and I would often make the long walk to the Vet to watch the Phillies play ball. Afterward, on the walk back home, we’d swing by Nifty Fifty’s, a fifties-style diner, in the heart of South Philly, for a milkshake. It was always busy and it…
Lauryn Hill has been charged with failing to file three years’ worth of tax returns. The 37-year-old entertainer currently lives in South Orange, N.J. She first made waves as part of the group, the Fugees, which also boasted Wyclef Jean and rapper Pras Michel. The group’s second album, The Score, went multi-platinum, won a Grammy…
Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III ordered a new trial for Paul M. Daugerdas, Donna M. Guerin, Denis M. Field after finding that a juror had tainted what had been referred to as the “biggest tax fraud prosecution ever.” The trial took three months and included 9,200 pages of testimony from…
(Update: I have more details about the juror and the request for the mistrial… be sure and check back on Wednesday for the scoop.) Remember the big deal which was the alleged misconduct that eventually resulted in the disappearance of Jenkens Gilchrist? We could see the writing on the walls when Jenkens agreed to pay…
It’s got to be hard to be a Dodgers fan these days. All-Star center fielder Matt Kemp just came off the DL only to find himself injured again this week. Injuries continue to plague other players including Mark Ellis, Ted Lilly, and Juan Rivera. And the Dodgers have little money to buy their way out…
On the afternoon of October 24, 2011, Hillsborough County (Tampa, FL) sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of shots fired between two housing duplexes. They found Michael Massaline on the ground; Massaline later died at the hospital from his injuries. He had been shot twice in the upper body. Two weeks later, deputies announced the…