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If you've been following the UBS tax fraud story, you're aware that A) UBS is a huge Swiss bank accused of helping rich Americans hide up to $20 billion in off shore accounts to avoid paying taxes, and B) that sleazy Phil Gramm, former U.S. Senator and current economic adviser to John McCain, is a vice chairman for UBS (when he's not investing in porn films).Yesterday a U.S. Senate subcommittee to

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsBringing an end to the Samsung slush fund probe, a South Korean court has fined Lee Kun-hee, Samsung's former Chairman and son of the chaebol's founder, $109 million for tax evasion. A rather favorable decision when you consider that prosecutors sought a seven-year jail sentence and a fine of $347 million. The court said that his crimes did not justify a prison term. Lee,

Tax evasion is the general term for the attempts by individuals, firms and other entities to evade the payment of taxes by illegal means. Tax evasion usually entails taxpayers deliberately understating the true state of their affairs to the tax authorities to reduce their tax liability, and includes, in particular, dishonest tax reporting. Contrary to tax [...]

Is Murtha Ever Going To Apologize? by Dean Esmay An excerpt from Dean Esmay's comment #8.What they�re all almost obsessed with is cherry-picking through the Koran to find nasty and violent bits, and/or finding this or that questionable story on the background of Muhammed. When you point out that you can do exactly this same thing to the Bible and to Christian history�which, as a Christian, I a

There's big trouble in little Liechtenstein, and UBS AG's private bank just got caught in the crossfire between U.S. prosecutors and U.S. nationals with funds tucked away in the Principality of Liechtenstein. According to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. prosecutors, aided by a former 'UBS insider', now have the names of American clients of UBS AG's private bank, along with details about possible

If you have purposefully avoided paying your taxes, whether federal, state, or local, you have IRS Problems.  Tax evasion, commonly called tax fraud, is a crime.  Penalties can involve fines, imprisonment, and asset seizure. (...)

This is yesterday's news, but I have to cover it. Actor Wesley Snipes is doing 3 years for tax evasion.“A federal judge has sentenced action star Wesley Snipes to the maximum three-year sentence on tax charges. Snipes’ lawyers offered three dozen letters from family members, friends and even fellow actors Woody Harrelson and Denzel Washington attesting to his good character. They argued he should get only probation, because all three convictions were misdemeanors and the actor had no previous criminal record.”For more details, click here.E.G Radio, ExtravaGangsta Radio,

Wesley Snipes given three years for tax evasion <!-- Remove following to not show photographer information --><!-- Remove following to not show image description --><!-- Remove following to not show enlarge option --> Jacqui Goddard in Miami Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years imprisonment last night for his “brazen defiance” of the US taxman. The 45-year-old Hollywood actor, who has starred in films including Blade, White Men Can’t Jump and Demolition Man, was given the maximum sentence ...

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The Financial Times highlights how Iranians are using an old system of money transfer to evade Western sanctions and creating a clandestine black market in capital transfers. Their diagram is slightly complex, but it explains the system of hawala well:Hawala, a cheap and remarkably reliable system for money transfer, dates back to the eighth century but in recent decades has become the favoured method employed by migrant workers from south Asia and the Middle East to send earnings back home. The system has been used by business too – and since the US and the United Nations started curtailing Iran’s access to the international financial system following the regime’s refusal to stop enriching uranium, the use of hawala in Iran has rocketed, according to business people, money changers

Domestic automobile manufacturers are facing an inspection tour from taxation bodies, who are trying to find out if enterprises are following the current tax laws. An official of the Ministry of Finance said that the taxation bodies have discovered some methods automobile manufacturers use to evade taxes. In fact, according to the official, the inspection is being carried out regularly in order

“Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury. There is not even a patriotic duty to increase one’s taxes. Over and over again the Courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging [...]

Al Capone of junk mail heading for the big house Notorious spammer Robert Soloway faces an extended spell behind bars after pleading guilty to fraud and tax evasion charges last Friday.… Read more…

For more, see the March 12 post from the “Ataxingmatter’ Blog House chairman asks agencies to probe Blackwater By Rafael Enrique Valero rvalero@nationaljournal.com March 11, 2008 In letters sent to the Internal Revenue Service, Small Business Administration, and Labor Department on Monday, Rep. Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, [...]

Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S., Canada, Sweden, Australia, Italy and France yesterday confirmed they are investigating dozens of their citizens for allegedly hiding assets at a bank in Liechtenstein. The United Kingdom and Germany said last week that they are investigating hundreds of their citizens named in the LGT Bank client roster, which was provided by a former LGT employee.

Jeremie Werner, a French designer located in Strasbourg has caught my attention by some of his designs. The ones presented are the most attractive ones (in my opinion of course). Visit his portfolio , that's all from me about Jeremie

Driving to work, a gentleman had to swerve to avoid a box that fell out of a truck in front of him. Seconds later, a policeman pulled him over for reckless driving.Fortunately, another officer had seen the carton in the road. The policmen stopped traffic and recovered the box. It was found to contain large upholstery tacks."I'm sorry sir," the first trooper told the driver, "but I am still going to have to write you a ticket."Amazed, the driver asked for what.The trooper replied, "Tacks evasion"

If you look at old Muhammad Ali fights one thing you will notice is that his reaction and evasion to punches is probably the best ever witnessed in the ring. Being lightning fast I'm sure his opponents would get frustrated not been able to hit him. Reaction and evasion technique is something that every fighter MUST have. I have developed a way of training this which requires nothing more than a sheet of paper. Its called the paper drop drill. Starting from a normal standing position, hold the sheet of paper as high as you can then let it drop, then quickly assume your natural fighting stance as the paper drops down above your head. Being so light in weight the paper will sway from side to side through the air, and the objective is to use movement, side stepping, bobbing, weaving and slipping, to not let the paper touch any part of your body. When the paper drops to about chest level, flick it up again and let it drop. Also, when flicked back up, you may push it away from you, so move

“The professionals who handle my income declarations have assured me that they respected the rules, as I have always asked them to do,” the 28-year-old Yamaha rider said on Italian television. “My conscience is clean. This story will be over very soon”. Last week, Italy’s tax agency said it was examining possible tax evasion on undeclared revenues [...]

Évasion fiscale et pauvreté Collection "Alternatives Sud" Parution : mars 2007 Pages : 200 pages Format : 135 x 215 ISBN : 9782849501306 Table des matières Éditorial Évasion […]

*With less than two weeks before his incarceration date for tax evasion, Ron Isley hopes a presidential pardon will be his get out of jail card. Def Jam record execs are using their marketing wares to drum up support for an executive presidential pardon for the beloved member of The Isley Brothers family and singing group. Isley was convicted on five counts of tax evasion and one count of willful failure to file a tax return. Prosecutors said that Isley avoided paying taxes between 1997 and 2002 by demanding all performance fees be paid in cash, a total estimated in the millions of dollars. Prosecutors added that Isley lived luxuriously during that time, buying a yacht, two homes and two Bentley cars, assigning their ownership to his wife or assorted corporations, while failing to pay some US $300,000 in taxes in 2002 alone. Isley also cashed royalty cheques paid to his late brother O’Kelly Isley during that time, according to government lawyers. **************************

In the following press release Randy G. Massey, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on January 17, 2007, ERIC DEAN TROUTT, age 40 of Sandoval, Illinois, pled guilty to the offenses of Tax Evasion and Making a False Statement to a Financial Institution. The offenses carry a total statutory maximum possible punishment of up to thirty-five years imprisonment, a fine of up to $1,250,000, five years supervised release, and mandatory restitution. Sentencing is scheduled for April 16, 2007.ERIC DEAN TROUTT admitted as part of the plea that he evaded the assessment of federal income tax on his 2003 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return by not reporting approximately $200,000 he received as payment for legal services, by filing a false tax return, and by using a trust account to conceal the income. ERIC DEAN TROUTT used the unreported income to purchase luxury vehicles, real estate property, and luxury furniture as well as other various purchases

“Client is a private investment company domiciled in the Bahamas used as a vehicle to manage the investment needs of beneficial owner, now a retired professional who achieved much success in his career and accumulated wealth during his lifetime for retirement in an orderly way.” Such was the Riggs Bank’s anonymity-preserving description of dictator Augusto Pinochet, whose death last month inspired thousands of Chileans to celebrate in the streets. Pinochet, in addition to having directed death squads to torture and murder thousands of his opponents, enriched himself through drug and arms trafficking and other lucrative forms of corruption. From 1979 onward, he maintained accounts worth an estimated $6 billion to $8 billion in the Washington, D.C.-based Riggs, thus evading taxes in Chile. Other dictators and ruling elites in the developing world have defrauded their countries by funneling huge amounts of untaxed revenue into foreign banks and tax havens, inclu

Hardcore Young-Earth Creationist Kent Hovind and his wife were sentenced to ten years in jail for failing to pay almost one million dollars in taxes to the IRS. Get this: his defense was "he and his employees are workers of God and therefore exempt from paying taxes." I'm still laughing over that one.Hovind does have hope, though. Shelley the Republican has instructed her readers to "Let us pray to Jesus that Kent and Jo will be allowed to continue their important ministry and continue teaching young scientists about the many flaws in Darwin's theory of evolution." I'm sure God will pull some strings and bail Hovind out, right?Once again notice the mention of Darwin's name. They really hate the guy.Read the full story here.

Just Read It!The Right to Information is a fundamental right under our constitution. The RTI took birth to fulfill this fundamental demand .Therefore, in my opinion , the law makers made explicit the overriding effect of this law on all other laws of the country, by introducing Chapter VI which contains Section 22 . The Said section states""The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in the Official Secrets Act, 1923, and any other law for the time being in force or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any law other than this Act."Since the parliament passed a law and made explicit the weightage of the new law i.e RTI Act , there should not be any doubt about the preference of RTI over other law. Going by the decision of Chief Information Commission , it seems that even CIC does not think so. The decision of the CIC in past is that in many cases related to , Income Tax , it disposed of the application rejecting the RTI