Watchdog
The King of Ponzi schemes goes to jail
Allen Stanford is a 59 year-old Texas billionaire - worth about $2.2 billion according to Forbes - with homes in Texas, Florida, St. Croix, and Antigu...
"Salt of the Earth" accountant finds prostitution doesn't pay
Last year, Phoenix police shut down a large prostitution ring involving more than 100 prostitutes, some of whom still lived at home with their parents...
Accountant charged with threatening life of prosecutor
Manhattan District Attorney Robert M.
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IRS clerical error... or Senatorial scofflaw? Kerry campaign has tax woes
When Senator John Kerry (D-MA) ran for president in 2004, naturally he had a significant staff helping him. The IRS has taken the position that in the...
Another celebrity in the IRS spotlight: Robin Givens
More and more, it seems, celebrities are making themselves at home in the arena of tax troubles. The latest entertainer to spar with the IRS over unpa...
Wisconsin investment advisor charged with engaging in kickback scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained an emergency court order to freeze the assets of an Appleton, WI-based investment adviser charged ...
'Bad guy' tax preparers keep courts busy
Even with government agencies that include the Secret Service and the Tax Division of the Justice Department working with the Internal Revenue Service...
Some California celebrities are in the public eye for owing taxes
California has more than its share of tax cheats, and since so many TV and movie actors call southern California home, a few of them made the rolls of...
Third promoter of Wesley Snipes’s tax strategy faces prison
Jerry R. Williamson, who allegedly promoted tax avoidance strategies to the actor Wesley Snipes and thousands of other customers of the Florida-based ...
Alexis Stewart, Martha's daughter, suing CPA over tax return
Alexis Stewart, the daughter of world-famous Martha Stewart, is suing her accountant over a tax return that she said contained mistakes costing her hu...
