Taxation & Estate Planning

Former Judge Pleads Guilty in PA
Michael T. Toole, until recently a judge in Luzerne County, Pa., has pleaded guilty to charges of honest services fraud and evading taxes. He was the third judge to be removed from office in Luzerne County as a result of a federal corruption investigation...

Paralegal Admits Failing to Pay Taxes on Income
A secretary and paralegal for lawyer John P. Karoly Jr. pleaded guilty Wednesday to failing to pay taxes on more than $70,000 of income, much of it from bonus checks. Heather Kovacs, 41, pleaded guilty to two counts of knowingly...

Scharfe Kritik von KPMG
Unicef Deutschland hat laut einer Zeitung einen Bericht der Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft KPMG zu Verschwendung und Misswirtschaft bei dem Kinderhilfswerk falsch wiedergegeben. In der Sonderuntersuchung zu dem Thema spreche die KPMG sehr klar von Verstößen bei Unicef, berichtete die Frankfurter Rundschau vorab aus ihrer Montagausgabe unter Berufung auf ein Schreiben der KPMG an Unicef...

PROLIFIC PIRATE PLEADS GUILTY
Submitted by Karine Bellavance Gary Boulter, who took part in a major piracy operation in Bristol, plead guilty to 23 offenses relating to the commercial piracy of illegally copied games, films, music and pornography...

Orlando Florida DEA Agent Gregory Troy Campion Quits, Pleads Guilty To Income Tax Fraud After Embezzling Confiscated Drug Money
ORLANDO, FLORIDA - A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent from Orlando, accused of embezzling confiscated drug money between 2003 and 2005, pleaded guilty Wednesday to failing to report $200,000 on his federal income taxes...

KPMG Tax Shelter Fraud Trial Ends With Three Tax Evasion Convictions for Accountants and Lawyer
Fraudulent tax shelters continue to be a target not only of IRS Whistleblower claims, but also of enforcement actions. We have followed closely the KPMG tax shelter fraud case in this whistleblower lawyer blog...

Income Tax Changes for 2007
Get Answers to your Income Tax Questions

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act
Phantom Income Relief on Debt Cancellation

Arkansas Nucor Plant Guilty of a Racially Hostile Work Environment
Nucor Guilty Of Racially Hostile Work Environment Must Pay $1.2 Million Settlement

Hitachi Guilty
Must Pay $31 Million for Price Fixing

Pfizer, Pharmacia
Found Guilty of Medicaid Fraud

Sharon Collins
found guilty of conspiring to kill her partner

Tax Discrepancies
Northwest Airlines pays IRS $12.6 million settlement for taxes and interest.

DLP
Ohio State to Receive $42 Million in Corporate Taxes Settlement