Financial crimes

Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, and his onetime business partner Rick Gates were charged with conspiracy against the U.S., the first people charged in the broad investigation into Russian meddling with the U.S. election.

Five Stars and three defendants; a fraud goes ka-boom; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

No more prep for mother and son; big refund for undercover agent; this will hurt a bit; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Rio Tinto Group’s calamitous $3.7 billion coal deal in Mozambique keeps coming back to haunt the world’s second-biggest miner, three years after it unloaded the mine.

Hung Ha, 41, was convicted of threatening a federal official after aggressively seeking a tax refund.

More than 1,300 bogus returns; King of crime; retired CPA is slick non-filer; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Monetary incentives can delay moral decision-making, an academic paper concludes.

Oh, baby; all in the family; 63 calls to Western Union; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Almost $120 billion remains outstanding for all cases, including those that are taxation-related.

Fraud takes a holiday; O Pioneer; a lesson in tax evasion; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Your firm’s tomorrow; quantifying clients; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Off by $10 million-plus; theft by template; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The decreasing budget and staffing of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation unit are leading to a decline in the number of cases that special agents are able to handle, according to a new report.

KPMG LLP said the head of its South African office and seven other senior executives quit after an internal investigation found that work done for the politically connected Gupta family fell “considerably short” of the auditing firm’s standards.

Theft from prep help; neither snow nor rain nor the law; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Marital miscreants; Capital crime; what a dump; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation unit has reportedly been tapped by special counsel Robert Mueller’s office to help investigate financial ties between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia.

Out of the pool; two-timer crook; pizza plea for preparer; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service sent an urgent warning Monday about a new phishing scheme in which a scam email purporting to originate from the IRS and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is actually part of a ransomware effort to take computer information hostage.

Back to school; a possible bitcoin bubble; good uses for reverse audits; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.