Tag Archives: tax crime

First Indictment for FATCA Violation Announced

Federal prosecutors charged six men Tuesday with running a complicated offshore scheme that allegedly enabled clients to manipulate stocks, avoid U.S. taxes and launder hundreds of millions of dollars.  An indictment unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn alleged the men

Foreign HSBC Bank Customer Avoids Jail: Given Three Years’ Probation

A Wisconsin neurosurgeon convicted of tax charges related to a HSBC bank accounts owned abroad that held $8.76 million was spared prison and ordered to serve three years’ probation, according to the Internal Revenue Service. Arvind Ahuja was sentenced yesterday

Visited by IRS Special Agents?

IRS Special Agents are employed by the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) which is the law enforcement arm of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Special Agents conduct tax investigations that are intended to result in criminal prosecutions. They conduct criminal investigations

IRS Form 8938 and the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP)

The announcement by the IRS of the opening of the new Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) on January 9, 2012 came as a surprise to most tax practitioners, especially since the 2011 OVDI just ended on September 9, 2011. However,