Tax Law Blog

An extensive fraud involving COVID-era relief programs ended with an unsealed indictment alleging four co-conspirators carried out the “nation’s largest COVID tax credit fraud,” along with an attempted murder of the ringleader to avoid exposure.

Tax fraud involving annual tax returns can be carried out easily—but the cost is high for those who falsify records. The same holds true for businesses and individuals whose returns are intentionally inaccurate.

Withholding and remitting employment taxes is a basic part of doing business for most U.S companies. When a business ceases to account for wage withholding with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), it is often only a matter of time before the agency...

Following an IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) case, a Seattle business owner facing allegations of filing false tax returns and tax evasion decided to go to trial — and lost.

If you own a luxe fashion store and have a regular customer who drops a lot of cash in your store, that is a good thing, right? Apparently not for Louis Vuitton Netherlands.

If you have engaged in tax evasion or other willful noncompliance, the IRS Criminal Investigation Voluntary Disclosure Practice (IRS-CI VDP) may provide a narrow window to mitigate the consequences. The program offers taxpayers an opportunity to...

Wells Fargo, fighting an uphill battle to rehabilitate its reputation, got an assist from the Federal Reserve in early June.

Like dollars, crypto that has been illegally sourced must be cleansed of its tarnish. How does that happen?

For entities that operate largely under the radar, shell companies gaining a lot of attention these days. What are the concerns surrounding these companies?

Money laundering is big business. Trade-based money laundering is a means by which value is washed clean by traveling in the form of commodities through national and international supply chains.