RHONJ Reality Stars Joe & Teresa Giudice Sentenced To Jail
It’s sentencing day for Teresa and Giuseppe “Joe” Giudice, stars of reality television’s “Real Housewives of New Jersey” – and the result is clearly not what they were hoping for.
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Investment Opportunity: Possibly Booby-Trapped Property Remains Unsold
Surprisingly, when this property went up for auction recently, it didn’t attract a winning bid. Crazy, right? I mean, who wouldn’t be interested in purchasing a “fortress-like” home on more than 100 potentially life-threatening acres? It shouldn’t matter that you
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DJ Drama Announces Beanie Sigel's Release From Prison On Twitter
welcome home beans! That singular tweet – together with a photo on Instagram – from @DJDrama was the first indication to many of Beanie Sigel’s fans had that he was back on Broad Street this week. The popular rapper had been serving a sentence in the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia on drug and tax…
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International | Prosecutions, felonies and misdemeanors | Sports and Tax | Taxes of the rich and (in)famous
Spanish Court Moving Forward With Messi Tax Evasion Case
Less than a month after Lionel Messi earned the 2014 World Cup Golden Ball (for those of you who don’t follow soccer, it’s the award for the tournament’s top player), the Argentine superstar is making news again… This time, however, Messi would probably want a pass on the attention. A Spanish court has decided to…
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European Commission Broadens Tax Inquiries To Include Amazon: Google, Microsoft, & McDonald’s May Follow
Move over, Apple, Starbucks & Fiat: it appears you have some company. Last month, the European Commission announced that it would be formally investigating the tax structures and practices of three specific corporations in very targeted destinations: Apple (Ireland), Fiat Finance and Trade (Luxembourg), and Starbucks (Netherlands). At the time, I noted that it was…
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EU Launches Investigation Into Apple, Starbucks, & Fiat Tax Deals: More To Follow?
The United States hasn’t been shy about demanding records into tax and financial practices of multinational banks and corporations in the name of tax fairness. In fact, the attempts to gain records, which have been characterized as heavy-handed (or, a little economic pressure among friends, depending on who’s doing the talking) have made news for…
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Holder Warns On Offshore Accounts, Says No Bank Is ‘Too Big To Jail’
Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that no bank is “too big to jail” after Credit Suisse reached a plea deal on conspiracy charges. How will this latest move affect taxpayers?
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Court Upholds Prison Sentence For Dolce & Gabbana On Tax Evasion Charges
In the end, popular opinion wasn’t enough to save Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, the designers behind the highly lucrative fashion label Dolce & Gabbana. Despite pleas on social media and protests from fans, an Italian appeals court has upheld the decision reached last year in a lower court which found the pair guilty of tax evasion.
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Great Google-y Moogly: Internet Giant Slapped With Huge Tax Bill
French revenue officers visited Google’s Paris headquarters and slapped the internet giant with a reportedly massive tax assessment.
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Grimm Day: Congressman Indicted On Federal Charges, Including Tax Evasion
Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY) was hit with a 20 count indictment including five counts of mail fraud, five counts of wire fraud, three counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false federal tax returns, one count of conspiring to defraud the United States, one count of impeding the Internal Revenue Service, one count of health care fraud, one count of engaging in a pattern or practice of hiring and continuing to employ unauthorized aliens, two counts of perjury and one count of obstructing an official proceeding.