White Collar Crime Report: Index-Summary

TAX EVASION

– Accountant-reliance jury instruction (11th Cir.), 936
– Aide to former N.C. governor, guilty plea (E.D.N.C.), 284
– Attorney pleads guilty to scheme using shell companies (S.D. Cal.), 804
– Bribery from immigrants, ICE lawyer guilty verdict (C.D. Cal.), 322
– Chemicals dealer retrial, guilty verdict (E.D.N.Y.), 102
– Client tax evasion, lawyer revealing to IRS, attorney-client privilege (D.N.M.), 172
– Conspiracy to sell tax avoidance products, indictment unsealed (D.N.J.), 522
– Demolition firm execs, guilty verdicts (D. Del.), 214
– Direct mail advertising employee pleads guilty (D. Mass.), 846
– Employment taxes, conviction for nonpayment (D.N.J.), 847
– Failure to file returns

– – Federal income tax returns, guilty plea (D. Mass.), 805
– – Lawyer and businessman, failure to file for 20 years, sentencing (N.D. Okla.), 326
– – N.Y. returns, 18 arrests, 115

– False statements in passport application, guilty plea (W.D. Wash.), 12
– Foreign opposition, lawyer's failure to disclose, conferees discuss, 192
– Hedge fund investment adviser pleads guilty (D. Conn.), 805
– Hiding income and assets in trusts, indictment (S.D. Ohio), 9
– IRS Criminal Investigations unit, focus, 86; expansion to new locations and crimes, conferees discuss, 364
– Misconduct by government does not warrant dismissal of charges (9th Cir.), 505
– Offshore tax evasion

See INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

– Ponzi schemes

– – Foreign currency futures, no-risk trading, charges (D. Minn.), 243; guilty plea, 283
– – Genesis Fund distributions, guilty plea (C.D. Cal.), 287; sentencing, 565
– – Surplus property scheme, guilty plea (C.D. Cal.), 844

– Promoters of illegal schemes sentenced (D.D.C.), 631
– Retirement schemes aimed at baby boomers, 638
– Sales tax unpaid by gas station owners, 610
– Stock compensation received by GlobeTel CEO not reported to IRS, sentencing (S.D. Fla.), 567
– Tax avoidance services, defendant sentenced (M.D. Fla.), 470
– Tax shelters

See TAX SHELTERS

– Temporary staffing firm owner indicted for nonpayment of payroll taxes (M.D.N.C.), 836
– 10-year scheme, juice firm businessman, sentencing (N.D. Ill.), 179
– UBS, offshore tax evasion

See INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

– Unlicensed stock promoter, IRS obstruction, sentencing (C.D. Cal.), 255
– Wealth-building business scheme, 8 related persons, guilty verdicts (N.D. Fla.), 251; sentencing, 566; co-conspirators sentenced, 660
– Wesley Snipes conviction for not filing income tax returns, motion to vacate (M.D. Fla.), 635; bail denied, 859

TAX FRAUD

– Bogus return filing scheme, superseding indictment (D. Ariz.), 277
– Charitable contributions conspiracy, rabbi, sentencing (C.D. Cal.), 14
– False tax refund receipt, businessman sentencing (W.D. Mo.), 255
– False tax return filing

– – Anti-tax author sentencing (E.D. Mich.), 327
– – Construction firm owner sentenced for underpaying employment taxes (S.D. Fla.), 806
– – Former Detroit mayor indicted (E.D. Mich.), 463
– – Priest sentenced (N.D. Ohio), 807
– – Willful blindness jury instruction (3d Cir.), 668

– Federal income tax, obtaining false refunds, criminal charges (N.D. Ill.), 278; indictments unsealed, 520
– Former N.Y. City police chief Kerik, sentencing (S.D.N.Y.), 138
– Fraud technical adviser role discussed at ABA conference, 708
– Fraudulent return filing and threats against agents, IRS revenue officer, superseding indictment (C.D. Cal.), 278
– Identity theft, social services worker indicted for using client data to file false tax returns (C.D. Cal.), 426
– Marketing of illegal tax deductions to consumers, tax preparation firm founder sentencing (D. Kan.), 326
– Money laundering of proceeds from gambling operations, gaming site agent, indictment (D. Mass.), 348
– Real estate broker, false return filing, guilty plea (C.D. Cal.), 320
– Refund scheme, guilty plea (N.D. Cal.), 69
– Restitution as condition of supervised release (9th Cir.), 474
– Sham trusts promoter sentenced (M.D. Fla.), 731
– Tax preparers

– – False return filing, company owner sentenced (D. Colo.), 566
– – Fraudulent refund schemes, 26 indictments (S.D.N.Y.), 316; 2 defendants plead guilty, 595
– – IRS oversight, indictments and convictions, report, 262

TAX SHELTERS

– Bank One supervisor convicted of fraudulently obtaining referral fees for transactions (S.D.N.Y.), 429
– BDO Seidman chairman, law firm disqualified for concurrent adverse representation (S.D.N.Y.), 625; lawyer pleads guilty to tax evasion, 728; dismissal of indictment counts denied, 923
– Deutsche Bank enters into nonprosecution agreement with DOJ, 938
– Ernst & Young

– – Financial services provider sentencing (S.D.N.Y.), 291
– – Partners, sentencing (S.D.N.Y.), 75

– KPMG exec, hiding fees, sentencing (S.D.N.Y.), 179
– Quellos investment management services firm, CEO pleads guilty (W.D. Wash.), 654; interlocutory appeal of discovery order for privileged documents (9th Cir.), 809

TAXATION

– Accountant hired by lawyer representing tax clients, IRS opposition to attorney-client privilege, 363
– Bribery of IRS agent conducting audit, charges filed (S.D.N.Y.), 754
– DOJ tax enforcement, FY2011 budget, 116
– Evasion

See TAX EVASION

– Facilitation payments, deductibility unclear, OECD report, 772
– Federal sentencing guidelines, lies during civil tax audit, obstruction of justice enhancement (9th Cir.), 76
– Fraud

See TAX FRAUD

– Intentional use of fake SSN on IRS form, good-faith defense jury instruction (6th Cir.), 39
– Oil tax policy, bribery of Alaska legislators

See ALASKA

– Property tax credit, fraudulent claim, Stark cleared, 116
– Shelters

See TAX SHELTERS

– Tax lien auctions, lawyer sentenced (D. Md.), 435
– Tax returns

– – Disclosure, preparer liabilities, revenue rulings, 47
– – Federal sentencing guidelines, tax loss calculation by extrapolation, unfairness of sample (4th Cir.), 147
– – Preparation, accountant false pretenses and representations, not guilty plea (E.D. Cal.), 129

– Theft of unclaimed refunds, IRS worker indicted (S.D.N.Y.), 922
– Work product doctrine, tax accrual papers

– – BNA Insights, 612
– – Textron documents, shield from IRS (U.S., rev sought), 23; (rev den), 407

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

– Bribery

– – Alcatel-Lucent, deferred prosecution agreement (S.D. Fla.), 925
– – Haitian official sentenced (S.D. Fla.), 433; businessman sentenced, 565
– – LatiNode executives indicted for payments to Honduran officials (S.D. Fla.), 919

– E-mail

See E-MAIL

– Internet

See INTERNET

– Media coverage of federal court proceedings, bill to allow

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 657

– Privacy rights of employees using company equipment, BNA webinar, 539
– Radio broadcast time for Univision recording artists, mail fraud guilty plea (C.D. Cal.), 529
– Securities fraud and tax evasion, GlobeTel CEO sentenced (S.D. Fla.), 567
– Telephones

– – Caller ID spoofing, prohibition

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 30

– – VoIP networks, hacker sentenced (D.N.J.), 699

– Text messages sent between FBI agents and cooperating witness, discovery (D.N.J.), 839
– Wire fraud

See WIRE FRAUD

TERRORISM

– Money laundering and banking, FinCEN and law enforcement agencies, collaboration, GAO report, 334

TESTIMONY

See WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY

TEXAS

– Credit and debit card terminal leasing fraud scheme, sentencing (Tex. Dist. Ct.), 136
– DeLay (R-Tex)

– – Lobbying, DOJ will not charge in Abramoff scandal, 607
– – Money laundering, conviction (Tex. Dist. Ct.), 842

– Exclusionary rule, bad seizure affecting only possessory rights (Tex. Crim. App.), 220
– Misuse of official information, nurse's report to state medical board, acquittal (Tex. Dist. Ct.), 132

THEFT

See also IDENTITY THEFT
– Federal funds, unit of prosecution (5th Cir.), 147
– Financial adviser indicted for misappropriating client funds (S.D.N.Y.), 383; guilty plea, 653; former N.Y. City Council president pleads guilty to tax evasion, 846; lawyer charged for aiding scheme, 919
– IRS worker indicted for stealing unclaimed tax refunds (S.D.N.Y.), 922
– Partial repayment offer, admissibility to show awareness of culpability (D.C. Cir.), 181
– Republican Party of Fla. chairman indicted for stealing funds (Fla. Cir. Ct.), 383
– Trade secrets

See TRADE SECRETS

TOBACCO INDUSTRY

– FCPA violations

See FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT (FCPA)

TRADE SECRETS

– Bristol-Myers Squibb technical operations associate, theft complaint (N.D.N.Y.), 95
– Computer code theft, Goldman Sachs programmer, indictment (S.D.N.Y.), 127; 624; conviction, 886
– Paint firm worker sentenced for theft (N.D. Ill.), 933
– Tire making equipment, engineers convicted of stealing from Goodyear (E.D. Tenn.), 930

TRADEMARKS

– Counterfeiting

– – Cancer drugs, sentencing (D. Ariz.), 602
– – Drugs, failure to introduce evidence that mark was on principal register (5th Cir.), 185
– – Ford automobile parts, conviction upheld (N.Y.), 853
– – Luxury goods importers convicted (E.D. Va.), 428

– Registration, expert who never viewed documents (Ohio), 222

TRANSPORTATION

– Airlines

See AIR TRANSPORTATION

– Motor vehicles

See MOTOR VEHICLES

– Ships

See SHIPS AND SHIPPING

TREASURY DEPARTMENT

– FinCEN and law enforcement agencies, collaboration, GAO report, 334