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…
A sensational tax shelter case has wrapped up in the Seattle area with the two defendants pleading guilty. The men, Jeffrey Greenstein, and Charles Wilk, were indicted last year. At that time, Greenstein’s attorney said his client “adamantly denies the allegations in the indictment and looks forward to clearing his name at trial.” Trial had…
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….