Financial crimes

Off and Bozo-ing; the 100% tariff; Johnston on hot trends; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Farming it out; short circuited; California dreamin'; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Ippei Mizuhara and an alleged bookmaker are under criminal investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the agency confirmed.

Markus Jooste allegedly took his own life after being notified of arrest warrants over an accounting scandal.

Chinese authorities are ramping up pressure on the global accounting giant that audited a slew of developers before the sector's meltdown.

Dan Rotta, 77, was charged in Miami with hiding assets from the IRS in two dozen secret Swiss accounts between 1985 and 2020.

The gang's all here; not in good hands; lack of redemption; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A former employee of U.K. tech mogul Mike Lynch's Autonomy Corp. told jurors at his U.S. criminal trial that she and one of her higher-ups were both fired after flagging concerns about accounting irregularities.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two separate investment advisors for severely overstating their use of AI and machine learning for financial advice.

Companies lose an estimated 5% of their revenue each year due to fraud, according to a report from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Mike Lynch's Autonomy Corp. used a number of accounting tricks to make its revenue growth appear better than it was, say prosectors.

The Chinese real estate company's revenue overstatement dwarfs that of Luckin Coffee Inc. and Enron Corp., dealing a blow to the reputation of its former auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers and the country's financial oversight.

It would cap a remarkable downfall for Mike Lynch if he's convicted of accounting fraud after he sold his startup Autonomy to Hewlett Packard for $11 billion.

Nothing sacred; on the Lamborghini; Empire lost; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Guy Ficco, the current deputy chief of IRS CI, will be the new chief, succeeding Jim Lee.

Criminals are exploiting networks of innocent people to move illicit funds between bank accounts, currencies and blockchains in an effort to evade law enforcement.

Scale of the crime; a favorite client; with a bullet; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board revoked the registration of Gries & Associates and its founder, while imposing a $65,000 fine for violations that led to multiple financial restatements.

The ruling further complicates an already complicated area — the law's mandate around beneficial ownership information reporting.

Investors have filed a lawsuit against an accounting firm alleging it helped a client maintain a Ponzi scheme involving cash advances that led to the loss of millions of dollars.