The Cayman Islands Receive “Top Honors.” But, Global Financial Transparency is Reportedly Improving in General -
The United States has overtaken Switzerland as a financial secrecy haven, according to the latest rankings –...more
2/21/2020
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Non-Residents ,
OECD ,
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Offshore Funds ,
Shell Corporations ,
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ABA Tax Fraud Panel to Discuss IRS CI and Crypto Criminals -
The Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation (IRS CI) has made it clear that it is focusing on the abuse of digital currencies to further tax evasion,...more
12/10/2019
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DOJ Targets Professional Enablers of Alleged Tax and Laundering Schemes -
On December 4, the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed an elaborate indictment charging three professionals —...more
12/14/2018
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Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Financial Crimes ,
Indictments ,
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) ,
Money Laundering ,
Mossack Fonseca ,
Offshore Funds ,
Panama Papers ,
Tax Evasion ,
White Collar Crimes
The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has secured its first conviction ever under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, through the guilty plea of Adrian Baron, a former executive of Loyal Bank Ltd., a bank with...more
9/18/2018
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Foreign Financial Accounts ,
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Indictments ,
Investment Management ,
Kickbacks ,
Money Laundering ,
Offshore Funds ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities Violations ,
Tax Evasion ,
Tax Fraud
The beleaguered law firm at the center of the international Panama Papers scandal – Mossack Fonseca – has announced that it is closing its doors. It offered no apologies....more
3/16/2018
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Shell Corporations ,
Tax Haven ,
White Collar Crimes
Last week, a federal magistrate judge in the Northern District of California granted in part and denied in part a motion by the IRS to enforce a “John Doe” summons served on Coinbase, Inc., which operates a virtual currency...more
12/7/2017
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Currency Exchange ,
Customer Information ,
Digital Currency ,
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Financial Transactions ,
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John Doe Investigation ,
Know Your Customers ,
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Summons ,
Tax Avoidance ,
Virtual Currency
Part II of the Analysis of the Combatting Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 As we recently blogged, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Diane Feinstein (D-California) introduced on May 25,...more
Starting on April 27, and finishing on May 2, the European Parliament (EP)’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA) is holding two meetings to present several related studies which...more
5/2/2017
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