Financial crimes

The value of different color pens to tax fraudsters, and other highlights from our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

A tax preparer charged with video voyeurism, as well as some more run-of-the-mill false medical and dental expenses in this week’s roundup of (loosely) tax-related cases.

Stealing from Toys for Tots, inflated refunds, Honduran birth certificates and more from our favorite recent cases.

Kentucky-based wire and cable maker is resolving allegations by the SEC and the Justice Department that it violated internal control requirements and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

In its annual report to Congress, the SEC acknowledged that fiscal year 2016 was historic for fraud tipsters.

Teaching your nieces to file false returns; thousands of gallons of fake gas purchases; and other highlights of our favorite recent cases.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

The U.K. Serious Fraud Office dropped its case against former Tesco Plc group commercial director Kevin Grace without charges, a sign the prosecutor may be getting close to ending its probe into accounting practices that caused the grocer to overstate its profit by as much as 326 million pounds ($407 million).

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

The IRS and state tax agencies are warning tax professionals of the continuing threat from cybercriminals.

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday that its enforcement director, Andrew J. Ceresney, plans to leave the SEC by the end of the year.

An Upstate New York woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling at least $3.1 million from agriculture giant Cargill Inc., the Justice Department announced.

Vinci SA fell victim to a fake release claiming the French builder had fired its finance chief amid accounting irregularities, prompting the stock to plunge before the company denied the report.

The International Federation of Accountants has sent a letter to Pope Francis on how the accounting profession can help him with the fight against financial fraud and corruption.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is highlighting International Fraud Awareness Week with a new public awareness campaign.

Deloitte LLP and firm partner John Clennett got a record fine in the United Kingdom for misconduct after the U.K.’s accounting regulator said the audit and financial statements of Aero Inventory Plc fell short of acceptable standards.

No business professional thinks they’re an easy mark, yet fraudsters are making off with millions of dollars each year.

More than 125 institutional investors sued Tesco Plc, seeking in excess of 100 million pounds ($122 million) over the U.K. grocer’s 2014 profit overstatement.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged PKF O’Connor Davies and one of its senior partners with issuing fraudulent audit reports on the municipal bond offerings of the town of Ramapo, N.Y.

The Four-Way Test shows GAAP-based financial reporting is unethical