Earlier this morning, Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, Acting U.S. Attorney Kelly T. Currie of the Eastern District of New York, together with Director James B. Comey of the FBI, Assistant Director in Charge Diego W. Rodriguez of the FBI’s New York Field Office, Chief Richard Weber of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) and…
It’s been a mixed week for FC Barcelona (“Barca”). Earlier this week, the team advanced to the Champions League final to be played in Berlin, Germany on June 6, 2015. The team will face underdogs Juventus in the match after Juventus bested Real Madrid in the semi-finals. It’s been more than a decade since Barca…
Peter Edward Rose, one of the most famous faces in baseball, turned 74 last week. He still holds more records than any other player in the history of the sport. You’ll find his name plastered all over the record books but not where it matters most to him: the Baseball Hall of Fame. Why not?…
“I’m a regular human being that’s been struggling all their life and made a mistake. Everybody deserves a second chance.” That’s what Rashia Wilson of Tampa, Florida, the self-styled Queen of Tax Fraud, told a federal courtroom during a resentencing hearing on tax fraud and identity theft charges. It’s a far cry from the boastful…
It’s easy to imagine identity thieves as unsavory sorts hiding in the dark recesses of the underworld. We don’t usually think of them as married professionals living in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. That is, however, exactly what Jeffrey S. Stein and his wife, Marla Stein, are alleged to have done in an effort to cheat…
“They can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money.” Those infamous words would eventually come back to haunt Alphonse Gabriel Capone, better known as Al Capone, Public Enemy Number One. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1899, Al Capone quickly became acquainted with street gangs. He dropped out of school in the sixth grade at age…
The international dollars keep rolling in. Yet another bank has agreed to pay a fine in response to ongoing investigations into foreign accounts. Commerzbank AG, headquartered in Frankfurt, and its U.S. branch, Commerzbank AG New York Branch (called Commerz New York), have agreed to a deferred prosecution agreement which calls for, among other things, the…
When Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen took over the reins of the embattled agency last year, he acknowledged that a loss of confidence in the agency was a challenge, telling an audience at the National Press Club: In moving the IRS forward, one of the most important things we have to do is…
Just last week, Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY) refused to resign his seat in Congress after pleading guilty to tax fraud, telling reporters, “As I said before as long as I am able to serve I will serve.” Apparently, he was only “able to serve” for two more weeks. Following calls from his colleagues, including, reportedly,…
In April, United States Congressman Michael Grimm (R-NY) pleaded not guilty in response to an indictment on a number of federal charges, including tax fraud, vowing, “I’m going to fight tooth and nail … until I am fully exonerated.” What a difference a few months can make. Today, Grimm pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting…