Financial crimes

Luke Johnson should have read his own aide-memoire. A month after the Patisserie Holdings Plc chairman published an advice column on spotting fraud, his finance chief has been arrested in an accounting scandal that threatened to shut the cake baker’s 200-plus stores.

Patisserie Holdings Plc finance chief Chris Marsh was arrested as U.K. fraud prosecutors opened a probe into an accounting scandal that threatens to shutter the cake baker’s 200-plus stores.

Preparer for illegal aliens pleads; wheat tricks; Ace goes down; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Testifying at the accounting fraud trial of two former executives, the U.K. retailer's chief talked of his genuine shock when he was first shown a report that described howthe company had overstated income by 246 million pounds ($326 million).

Text message recipients were told there was impending, unspecified bad news coming before the accounting scandal unfolded.

U.K. cake baker Patisserie Holdings Plc suspended its chief financial officer after uncovering “significant, and potentially fraudulent, accounting irregularities” and a demand for more than a million pounds in back taxes.

A dispensary owner becomes the first person sentenced for marijuana-related tax crimes.

Michael “the Situation” Sorrentino, star of the MTV reality series “Jersey Shore” was sentenced to eight months in prison Friday for violating federal tax laws, while his brother Marc received a 24-month sentence.

The bank was allegedly being used to launder billions of dollars in dirty money through its Estonian unit.

The troubled bed retailer plans to close up to 700 stores.

Surety you can’t be serious; Take Your Daughter to the Scam Day; God and tile work; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Services, stock, shenanigans; fuel for fraud; Mo’ plea; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Bank Secrecy Act program, in which it is supposed to safeguard against money laundering, is having only a minimal impact on tax compliance, according to a new report.

As multiple investigations into Danske Bank A/S get under way, Denmark’s government wants to know why the bank’s auditors appear to have missed signs that one of Europe’s biggest money laundering scandals was unfolding in front of them.

A legal fight kicks off to recover some of the billions of dollars investors lost after the South African retailer’s financial scandal.

Just enough false income; fraud from inside a sex-offender program; payroll perp; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Crown capers; with a bullet; using the jailed; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The British government says it is targeting accountants, lawyers and real estate agents who help hide dirty money as part of an increasingly aggressive effort to crack down on illicit fund flows from Russia, China and elsewhere.

$3,000 per phony return; scam by the slice; siphoning the UAW; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Texas accountant transferred funds from his employer to himself.