Tax crime doesn’t pay — coverage of tax fraud, evasion, and financial crime prosecutions, and what they mean for the rest of us.
Survivor winner Richard Hatch who was previously convicted of tax evasion was sentenced today to more than four years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Ernest Torres, who had indicated earlier that Hatch would serve a light sentence, said he issued a harsher than expected sentence because Hatch had committed perjury repeatedly during his trial….
A court has reinstated a verdict against an IRS employee who threatened her arresting officers with audits, even though she had no authority or ability to carry out the threats. The IRS employee, Eva Temple, was arrested on March 5, 2003, by two New York Police Department detectives for a prior incident of aggravated harassment…
Richard Hatch, the original Survivor winner, is currently awaiting sentencing, scheduled for April 25, for tax evasion charges. As previously blogged, Hatch was convicted in January of multiple charges relating to income tax evasion stemming from failing to report his Survivor winnings and other income to the IRS. Immediately after the verdict, Hatch was taken…
H&R Block has become the target of a number of lawsuits alleging wrongdoing. Among them… California is suing the company, alleging that it has violated state and federal laws in marketing and providing high-cost refund anticipation loans with interest rates exceeding 500%. The laws which H&R Block are alleged to have broken include those regulating…
Scores, the New York strip club that has gained notoriety in recent years for its allegations of overcharging patrons, including celebrities and executives – and those that would rather not be recognized – has been hit with allegations of tax evasion. The 16 count indictment alleges that the defendants participated in a scheme involving dummy…
And former "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch was found guilty of tax evasion on his "Survivor" winnings and other income. He was acquitted of other charges related to bank, mail and wire fraud charges. The tribe, I mean, jury, deliberated for less than one day following a fairly brief trial of just over a week. After…
The federal tax evasion trial of Richard Hatch, the first “Survivor” winner, is underway. You may recall that the reality star was charged with failing to report his million-dollar winnings to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as well as other related charges. Initially, Richard agreed with IRS and then withdrew his plea, claiming that CBS…
From the Department of Justice this week: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES ILLINOIS DOWN-PAYMENT ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATION Partners in Charity, Inc. Allegedly Promotes Multi-Million Dollar Housing Program by Falsely Advising Sellers They Can Claim Tax Deductions WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Justice Department announced today…
Eight former KPMG execs have been charged with conspiracy to sell fraudulent tax shelters. They are former KPMG Deputy Chairman Jeffrey Stein, former officials John Lanning, Richard Smith, Jeffrey Eischeid, Philip Weisner, John Larson, Robert Pfaff and Mark Watson; a ninth person was also charged in the scheme, outside tax attorney Raymond Ruble. It is…