Financial crimes

Forensic accountant Tiffany Couch shares three stories from her files, with valuable lessons for finding and preventing fraud.

Select falsehoods; buffet of crime; unmerrie melodies; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Leaders of tax enforcement authorities from the five countries have allied to create the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (or J5), to collaborate in fighting international and transnational tax crimes and money laundering.

The Internal Revenue Service has been leading the charge on investigations of Bitcoin users, with more on the way now that it has access to information from at least 14,000 customers of Coinbase.

The Senate Finance Committee plans to hold a confirmation hearing next Thursday for the nominee for Internal Revenue Service commissioner, Charles “Chuck” Rettig, a Beverly Hills tax attorney.

Cars, jewelry and rent; former IRS agent gets 52 months; brothers in crime; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

An ex-employee with the Criminal Investigation unit was found guilty of obstruction of justice and stealing government money.

Too many credits; marriage, investing and taxes; South Carolina and Amazon; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Good move, Genius; thousands in gold coins; can’t afford to pay; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

There are two types of soccer executives, according to 2011 testimony given by Chuck Blazer, then the highest-ranking American in international soccer: those who take bribes, and those who pay them.

PEG nailed; taken for a ride; fifth Canadian fraud conviction; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The former CFO of a taxi management company with links to Donald Trump’s personal lawyer agreed to cooperate in ongoing investigations.

Several business names; politics as usual; fraudulent spins; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Abundant energy; ‘I wouldn’t go too high;’ maximum mileage from stolen IDs; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

New phishing emails from scammers are posing as state accounting and professional associations to lure tax pros into volunteering sensitive info, the IRS said.

Almost one out of two large global companies experienced some form of fraud, theft, money laundering or other financial crime in the past year, according to a new report.

The former leaders of Constellation Healthcare Technologies are alleged to have falsified financial and other information.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV is seeking a three-year extension on most of its 9.6 billion euros ($11.3 billion) of debt as the retailer battles to come to grips with an accounting scandal that’s wiped more than 96 percent off the share price.

Bogus 941s; oh the pain; Full Spectrum of fraud; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV’s finances are in a mess. Now it’s going after those who presided over the fiasco.