Taxation & Estate Planning

Wesley Snipes Trial Opens Today
The Wesley Snipes tax trial starts today, and it sounds like the trial will be opening with many watching. Tom Krause of The Tampa Tribune had two articles yesterday: Ocala Rejects 'Prejudice' and Snipes Was Asking Questions, Not Scheming IRS,...

Will the Wesley Snipes Convictions Hold Up on Appeal
Previously blogged was the acquittal of Wesley Snipes on the conspiracy and fraud counts, and also on three of the six tax filings counts. (see here). Peter Goldberger sent in an important comment on the Wesley Snipes three misdemeanor convictions...

Why the government is eager to imprison Wesley Snipes
Forbes.com has this new piece, headlined Wesley Snipes And The TaxDef War," which spotlights why the government sees the Snipes case as one of the most important tax evasion cases in recent memory: When Wesley Trent Snipes is sentenced Thursday...

Wesley Snipes convicted of 3 misdemeanors, but he mostly still wins
The tax world had its eyes on Wesley Snipes last week, who was on trial for tax evasion. I hate cases like this. Snipes didn’t report income of tens of millions of dollars and didn’t pay taxes on it...

Split verdict in Wesley Snipes trial ... and another potential high-profile acquitted conduct case
As detailed in this early news report, today brought "a split verdict in the tax evasion case against actor Wesley Snipes." Here are more specifics: A federal jury in Ocala this afternoon found Snipes guilty of three misdemeanor charges of....

Wesley Snipes Trial: Rolling the Dice
The Wesley Snipes tax trial is moving very quickly as the defense decided to rest without calling any witnesses (see here and here). The celebrities mentioned earlier did not appear on the witness stand...

How to Skirt H-1B Regulations
Senator reacts to YouTube video

Cell Phone Early Termination Fees
How to recover billing errors

H&R Block Retirement Plan Fraud
How to Join Class Action Suit

Wesley A. Snyder et al.
alleging the consultants perpetrated a Ponzi scheme by encouraging borrowers to lend more than they needed.

Investor Fraud
Company president and director Gregory William Rivers to pay $10,000 shareholder fraud settlement.

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...

Qui Tam Whistleblower - Government Fraud - Qui Tam Lawsuit
Qui Tam Whistleblower alleging fraud against the government reported by an individual acting as a government whistleblower.

MRV Communications, Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
MRV Communications, Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Texron Inc 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
Texron Inc 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud