Tax evasion

Strip club owner pleads guilty to tax evasion

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

A Connecticut man who owns several bars and strip clubs has pleaded guilty to failing to pay federal income taxes for more than a decade.

Russian Hackers Blow the Lid Off Global Climate Conspiracy'??

Al Fin (Free subscription) | yesterday

Image Source It is too early to say whether the Russian government sponsored the recent hacking of British CRU (Climatic Research Unit) computers or not. Regardless, 156 megabytes of files and sensitive emails between world-renowned, influential climate scientists were spilled onto the internet recently via a Russian server. The repercussions from the "liberation" of these emails have just...

Wesley Snipes Really Trying to Avoid Prison

The Hollywood Gossip (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Wesley Snipes really doesn't want to go to prison. Not that anyone does. But Snipes is going to ridiculous legal lengths to avoid serving a three-year prison term for tax evasion. His first appeal, of the conviction itself, failed. Now he's challenging the length of the three-year sentence. Here's his defense in a nutshell: Not paying taxes for five years (when you're rich no less): Eh. Going to jail...

Let the "Historic" Debate Begin

medinnovationblog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

November 20 - When the Senate votes tomorrow whether to engage in further health reform steps, the stage is set for an historic debate. Before we engage in this debate, let us be clear what this debate is about. It is about, • the balance of power between government controls and individual freedoms. • how to make health costs for government and individuals “ sustainable" and how...

Ex-Suffolk Legislator Indicted For Tax Evasion

North Country Gazette (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

SUFFOLK COUNTY—A former Suffolk County legislator, indicted twice this year on mortgage and insurance fraud charges pleaded not guilty today to a charge in a third indictment alleging he has failed to file state tax returns for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008. District Attorney Thomas Spota said George Guldi of Westhampton Beach repeatedly failed to [...]

Evidence points to funneling of Hindu temple funds

ajc.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

With his Hindu temple teetering on the verge of foreclosure, the Internal Revenue Service investigating potential tax evasion and his U.S.

Dancing With The Stars: Aaron Carter Gets In Trouble With IRS

Reality TV Magazine (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

What is it with Dancing With The Stars contestants and not paying their taxes? Well now that Helio Catroneves is out of the woods, Aaron Carter is taking his place in the hot seat. Keep reading for more details… Last week, Aaron was eliminated from Dancing With The Stars, and although that brought about some serious [...] Related posts: Dancing With The Stars: Lil’ Kim’s Financial...

Karina Smirnoff: Aaron Carter "Doing Great" Despite Tax Evasion Charges

Usmagazine (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

"I don't understand why he can be held responsible," she saysGet more Us! Follow us on Twitter, Frie[...]

How Nicolas Cage Spent His Way To The Poorhouse

The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Nicolas Cage is a big movie star with an even bigger name. A member of the famous Coppola family, Cage spent lavishly over the years, accumulating 9 Rolls Royces, 30 motorcycles, exotic pets, multiple luxury vehicles, a castle, and homes throughout the world. It's no wonder he's now being hunted by the IRS for tax evasion - he's broke! Currently, Cage owes $6.5 million in back taxes and is being sued...

Joe Francis Sued By The IRS For Tens of Million$!!!!

PerezHilton.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

It looks as though his douchey ways have finally caught up with him! He may have accepted a plea deal to avoid jail for federal tax evasion, but Joe Francis is far from being in the clear! IRS officials have filed a lien against Francis for the money he owes - almost $34 million!!!! They [...]

Obama Trying To Figure Out How To Extend Bank Bailout Without Triggering More Public Outrage

The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

The White House finds itself in a pickle: How to extend the TARP bank bailout without so enraging voters that incumbent Dems get the heave-ho next year. And here's one creative solution on the table: Use the rest of the TARP to reduce the national debt! Doesn't that sound good? Well, of course it does. Except that it's ridiculous spin. The government borrowed money for the TARP. Using what remains...

Ghana: Govt to Plug Loopholes in Revenue Mobilisation Agencies

All Africa (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

The government will continue the reform of the tax system started in 2009, in the medium term, with the view to plugging loopholes, reducing tax evasion, and fairly taxing rents from natural resources to make the tax system more efficient and less dependent on indirect taxes.

'Girls Gone Wild' Creator Owes The IRS Some Serious Cabbage

MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

The IRS has filed a Federal Tax Lien against 'Girls Gone Wild' creator Joe Francis for nearly $34 million. From TMZ.com : It was less than 2 weeks ago that Joe got out of a sticky federal tax evasion case by copping a plea and avoiding prison. Joe told TMZ, "I have no idea what it is." He says he does not owe the money and, "This is total retaliation for me beating them in court."...

• Joe Francis -- Record-Breaking Tax Debtor - TMZ
• Is It Time to Put Joe Francis in Jail Forever Yet? - The Evil Beet

IRS to Joe Francis: Watch Your Back ... Taxes!

The Hollywood Gossip (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

When he's not beating up Jayde Nicole , Joe Francis certainly isn't paying taxes. The IRS wants some serious money from the sleaze, filing a lien against him for a staggering $33,819,087.14 in unpaid taxes from 2001, 2002 and 2003. In 2001, the IRS says Joe didn't pay $17,658,358. In 2002, the delinquency is $11,238,582.14, and in 2003, he owes a much more modest $4,922,147. It was less than two weeks...

• Joe Francis -- Record-Breaking Tax Debtor - TMZ
• Is It Time to Put Joe Francis in Jail Forever Yet? - The Evil Beet

Greek public finances: Arithmetic lesson

The Economist (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

The politics of deficits and economic statistics GREEK government statistics are notoriously unreliable. But rarely can the numbers have seemed more erratic than in recent months, when the forecast for this year’s budget deficit more than doubled from 6% to 12.7% of GDP. What went wrong? Electoral politics is a big part of the answer. Tax collection “collapsed almost totally” after...

Slaughter and May Solicitors - "GJH Carroll Forged Signatures" - HM Treasury Tax Evasion Crime Syndicate Case

carrolltrust | 13/11/2009

Slaughter and May partners Glen James Simon Hall and Lucy Wylde are explicity "named" as the Gerald Carroll Carroll Foundation Trust lawyers in compelling criminal evidence dossiers containing forged HM Land Registry Gerald Carroll legal conveyance documentation HM Government DTI Companies House forged and falsified Carroll Trust Corporations share certificates and HM Ministry of Defence Carroll Trust

Kingston Smith LLP Accountants "Audit Trail" - Lock-Down - FBI SOCA Carroll Trust Case

carrolltrust | 03/11/2009

Kingston Smith LLP Chartered Accountants partner Michael Sinclair FCA auditors to the Carroll Foundation Trust's underlying 6 (six) surviving global group structures has confirmed that there is a complete forensic "audit trail lockdown" of the primary fraudulent Carroll Trust structure Carroll Holdings Corporation Ltd on "register" at the HM Government DTI Companies House Section Cardiff UK. The London

Essex Police "close in" on Haslers of Loughton in Britain's Biggest Charities Fraud

carrolltrust | 16/10/2009

The Carroll Foundation Charitable Trust one billion dollars “cross-border” international crime case is bringing in high level law enforcement officers from the FBI Washington DC field office Scotland Yard Serious Organised Crime Agency ( SOCA ) in concert with the Essex Police Chelmsford Essex. HM Revenue & Customs high level compliance offshore section officers are co-ordinating the cross-border dynamics