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New criminal charges allege scheme to file fraudulent tax returns

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

On April 12, 2013, the Queens District Attorney and the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance announced that criminal charges had been filed against a

SEC charges city and its underwriter with fraud

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2013

The City of Victorville California, Assistant City Manager Keith Metzler, deal underwriter and broker Newcomb & Dedios or KND and its principle

Grand jury indicts Swiss lawyer and banker in tax evasion scheme

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2013

A New York federal grand jury recently indicted a Swiss lawyer and bank executive for their roles in allegedly assisting US citizens with hiding

United States Sentencing Commission adopts greater penalties for fraud offenses and fixes anomaly in sentences for tax crimes

  • Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 23 2013

On April 10, 2013, the United States Sentencing Commission promulgated its annual amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines. Reacting to

The (far) reach of US tax evasion laws

  • Thorsteinssons LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • March 9 2013

A recent newspaper article described a criminal prosecution commenced by the United States against a Swiss Bank. The charge alleged that the bank

Convictions of two former E&Y attorneys reversed by Second Circuit

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 28 2013

On November 29, 2012, the Second Circuit reversed the conspiracy and tax evasion convictions of two former Ernst & Young LLP ("E&Y") attorneys

Time to revisit the ‘Klein’ conspiracy doctrine

  • Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 29 2013

Predicated on the 1957 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in United States v. Klein, federal tax indictments often include

Gimme (tax) shelter

  • Day Pitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 4 2013

In a split opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in United States v. Coplan overturned the convictions of two defendants in the Ernst

International regulatory update 10-14 December 2012

  • Clifford Chance LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • December 17 2012

The European Council (Heads of State or Government) has published the conclusions from its meeting on 13 and 14 December 2012, at which it agreed on a roadmap for the completion of the Economic and Monetary Union

The Southern District of New York finds alleged misrepresentations about internal controls sufficient on a stand-alone basis to state a securities fraud claim

  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2012

On November 7, 2012, the Southern District of New York declined to dismiss securities fraud claims concerning alleged misrepresentations regarding Weatherford International Ltd.’s internal controls, even though the court found that the plaintiffs had failed to state a claim as to the tax understatement that resulted from Weatherford’s internal control failures

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