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News & Analysis as of May 24, 2013

SEC Brings Case Involving EB-5 Investment Program

by David Smyth | Brooks Pierce on 2/11/2013

It’s not often that the securities enforcement and immigration law worlds collide, but I suppose it occasionally happens....more

Non-Citizens Risk Immigration Status for Offshore Bank Accounts

by Moskowitz LLP on 8/23/2012

The increased focus by the IRS on foreign income has generated a lot of news and a slew of criminal prosecutions. While US citizens need to consider the possibility of monetary penalties or a long prison sentence, resident...more

United States Supreme Court Raises the Stakes for Tax Disclosure by Green Card Holders and Other Resident Aliens

by Venable LLP on 3/27/2012

Tax Amnesty Programs As discussed in a number of previous Tax Alerts, since 2009 the Internal Revenue Service has created three separate tax amnesty programs in order to encourage U.S. taxpayers to properly report and...more

FBAR Conviction of NJ MD Affect Dual Nationals

by Sanford Millar on 1/16/2012

On January 11, 2012 Michael Reiss, a physician from NJ was sentenced for failing to report offshore (Swiss) bank accounts(11:CR:0068),United States District Court SDNY. The sentencing memos of the U.S make some important...more

Are FBAR Settlement Programs Provoking Expatriation?

by Sanford Millar on 10/31/2011

Since 2009 the IRS and some state governments have initiated settlement programs designed to encourage taxpayers with offshore financial accounts to come forward with the expectation that by doing so they will avoid criminal...more

Fleeing The Mexican Drug War: Foreign Investors’ Immigration Issues - The Matrix of U.S. Legal Considerations

by Jackson Walker on 4/13/2011

Background and Context: •Mexico’s Drug War •Drugs going North and Guns going South •Since President Calderon’s election in Dec. 2006, it is estimated there have been over 36,000 deaths •DOJ considers the Mexican drug...more