Posts Tagged ‘irs tax fraud’

Investment Adviser Indicted for Aiding Taxpayers for Unclaimed Off-shore Accounts

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

Investment adviser and former USB AG banker was indicted for helping wealthy Americans hide unclaimed money from the IRS in offshore accounts. The USB AG bank, not included in the indictment, is a Swiss global financial services company headquartered in Basel and Zürich, Switzerland. Martin Lack, a Swiss resident, is accused of assisting 9 U.S. clients in transferring monies to undeclared foreign accounts. In an article by David Voreacos of
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Mich. Tax-Shelter Promoters Indicted

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

A federal grand jury in Grand Rapids, Mich., returned a five-count indictment charging three tax shelter promoters with conspiring to promote, market and sell fraudulent tax shelters over a 10-year period. Two of the promoters were also charged with the attempted income tax evasion of a Michigan client, who purchased the fraudulent tax shelter.
According to the indictments, beginning in 1995 Peter J. Peggs of Prides Crossing, Mass., and Robert D.
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