On February 1, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin sentenced Arvind Ahuja, a Milwaukee neurosurgeon, to serve three years of probation and to pay a fine of $350,000 following his conviction by...more
5/21/2013 - Criminal Prosecution DOJ FBAR Income Taxes Offshore Funds Tax Evasion
On February 7, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit joined “the three of our sister circuits that have considered the same issue here about foreign financial account records and conclude that the...more
5/21/2013
On May 13, 2013, the Supreme Court denied a taxpayer’s petition for certiorari regarding the Seventh Circuit’s August 27, 2012, decision applying the Required Records Exception to override the taxpayer’s Fifth Amendment...more
5/21/2013 - Fifth Amendment Offshore Funds Recordkeeping Requirements Required Documentation SCOTUS
Sanjay Sethi, a New Jersey businessman, pleaded guilty on January 7, 2013 to using hidden offshore bank accounts to defraud the U.S. in a so-called “Klein conspiracy.”...more
1/15/2013 - FATCA FBAR Income Taxes IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program Penalties Tax Penalties
Applying the “foregone conclusion” exception to the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, the Ninth Circuit held on January 8, 2013, that the IRS could force a taxpayer’s criminal defense attorney to turn over...more
1/15/2013 - Client-Taxpayer Records Document Productions DOJ Fifth Amendment Foregone Conclusion Exception IRS Self-Incrimination Summons
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