Business Better Podcast Episode: Tax Audits, Investigations, and Global Enforcement - A Conversation with IRS Special Agent Jonathan Schnatz
UK corporate offence of failure to prevent tax evasion
The Panama Papers - What the Fallout Means for U.S. Companies and Professionals
Foreign Bank Account Reporting and Employment Tax Enforcement: Ronn Owens interviews Steve Moskowitz
The Panama Papers & The Tempo of International Corruption Cases
Lauryn Hill's Tax Evasion a 'Battle for Survival': Lawyer
Earlier this year the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) brought USA v. Ahlgren, its first crypto case with tax evasion allegations unrelated to another crime, demonstrating the DOJ’s willingness to pursue stand-alone crypto...more
Fintech and Crypto Firms Announce New Cryptocurrency Products - According to recent reports, a major U.S. fintech firm will begin letting its users accept payments in USDC. ...more
According to Law360, the Senate Budget Committee recently held a hearing regarding offshore tax evasion where senators made clear that, in their view, the IRS is not making enough criminal referrals to the Department of...more
After years of explicitly warning taxpayers that failing to report or underreporting income from transactions involving digital assets would lead to criminal charges, federal prosecutors are now beginning to follow through on...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ), IRS Criminal Investigations (CI) and international tax authorities continue to prosecute tax abuses related to digital asset transactions. In imposing a multiyear prison sentence in a recent...more
The Department of Justice is starting to launch its FCPA enforcement profile after a brief lull in DOJ’s transition to a new administration. This enforcement lull occurred in the transition to the prior administration in...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) 39 count indictment charging Robert T. Brockman, with tax evasion, wire fraud, money laundering, and other offenses, demonstrates that the DOJ is committed to the investigation and...more
While there has been a lot of controversy in the media surrounding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), there is no question that the program has served as an invaluable lifeline to many small and medium-sized businesses...more
This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including a review of the first year of GDPR enforcement, analysis of...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Telecommunications Company Fined $12 Million for FCPA Violations - On August 29, 2019, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) instituted ceaseand-desist proceedings against...more
El 11 de Noviembre del 2018, el Departamento de Justicia de los EE. UU. (“DOJ”) informó que el banquero Adrian Baron, el ex Director de Negocios y ex Director Ejecutivo de Loyal Bank Ltd, un banco “off-shore” con oficinas en...more
On September 11, 2018, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) reported that banker Adrian Baron, the former Chief Business Officer and former Chief Executive Officer of Loyal Bank Ltd, an off-shore bank with offices in Budapest,...more
An investigation of Belize-based stockbrokers recently led to the first FATCA conviction since its enactment in 2010. The former head of an offshore bank pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States by...more
On October 4, 2017, Skadden presented the seminar “Government Enforcement Investigations – What You Need to Know in 2018.” Skadden partners Ryan Junck and Elizabeth Robertson, both based in London, moderated the panel...more
The IRS-Criminal Investigation Unit (IRS-CI) is the Criminal Law Enforcement Arm of the IRS. Its conviction rate of over 90% is one of the highest in federal law enforcement. Those convicted pay taxes, penalties and...more
In the October 2017 term, the Supreme Court will take up its first criminal tax case in almost a decade, Marinello v. United States. At issue is a longstanding circuit split about a mainstay of the federal government’s...more
Welcome to Dorsey & Whitney’s monthly Anti-Corruption Digest. The Digest puts material regarding anti-corruption enforcement from around the world at your fingertips, keeping you ahead of critical events that impact global...more
With less than two weeks until the April 18 deadline for filing individual federal income tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service are issuing stern warnings to potential tax cheats. Today the U.S....more
“Official Acts”—What They Are… and Are Not - Why it matters: On June 27, 2016, the Supreme Court decided McDonnell v. U.S., holding that, for purposes of the federal public corruption statutes, an “official act”...more
El 9 de Mayo del 2016, el Departamento de Justicia (DOJ) anunció su primera convicción usando FATCA. Parece ser el principio de procesos penales por el DOJ contra violaciones aparentes o presuntas de los requisitos de...more
With “Tax Day” fast approaching, the Justice Department’s Tax Division has issued a stern warning of its own to taxpayers thinking of cheating on their taxes. In a press release entitled “Justice Department Reminds Taxpayers...more
It is well-known that the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service increase the frequency and intensity of their press releases announcing tax charges as “Tax Day” approaches (which is April 18 this year), so as to...more
Two weeks ago, the Government filed its appeal brief in the case of United States v. Ty Warner, a case out of the Northern District of Illinois. It is rare for the United States to appeal a sentence, let alone a sentence in...more
Today we conclude our review of recent sentences imposed in federal tax crime cases in 2014. In our two previous posts here and here, we reviewed sentences relating to Foreign Bank Account, Tax Evasion, Employment Tax, False...more
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