When it comes to financial investments, we’ve all heard “if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.” Yet in spite of that warning, every year thousands of Americans lose their entire life savings to Ponzi schemes. The most infamous is Bernie Madoff who is serving a 150 year prison term for running one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in history. His financial scam devastated thousands, many being
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The IRS files a tax lien against people who owe IRS taxes.  Having a tax lien filed against you is serious business.  Why?  Because tax liens are public records.  Public records show up on your credit report often making it difficult or impossible for a consumer to obtain financing on a car or home.  They can also tie up personal property or real estate.  And, if you are famous, tax liens can put
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Investment fraud, also known as a “Ponzi” scheme, is prevelant both on a small scale or large scale (two words: Bernie Madoff).  Tax Resolution Services offers help for those who’ve been scammed in these white collar crimes.  A Certified Tax Resolution Specialist can tell you if you are eligible to recover 30% to 40% of your losses through investment fraud representation under the Internal Revenue Code section 165.  Recoup your losses with professional investment fraud representation and enjoy the article
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If you’re a victim of a “Ponzi”-type investment scam then you know that dealing with investment fraud is no fun.  Did you know that you may be able to recoup 30% to 40% of your losses  under Internal Revenue Code Section 165?  We call it “Section 165 Representation” or Investment Fraud Representation.  Our professional tax team can help you amend prior years tax returns sometimes resulting in a reduction of taxes paid in those
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On Tuesday Madoff’s long-time accountant, David G. Friehling, pleaded guilty in the criminal investigation of the 20-year “Ponzi Scheme” that lost investors a total of $21.1 billion in cash.
According to the New York Times, “Mr. Friehling also pleaded guilty to three counts of obstructing the administration of the federal tax laws – charges added within the last five days to the government’s original complaint.”
This recent development shines light that may
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Bernard Madoff  was sentenced to 150 years in prison today. According to MSNBC, the disgraced investor received the maximum sentence for his massive Ponzi scheme and apologized to victims for the multibillion-dollar fraud scheme that the judge called “extraordinarily evil.”  An  investigation has found that in reality, Madoff never made any investments, instead using the money from new investors to pay returns to existing clients — and to finance a
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Danny Pang, and Orange County money manager, was  arrested on suspicion of evading currency reporting laws. According to the Los Angeles Times, Pang is accused of bilking investors of hundreds of millions of dollars and has allegedly sought to hide more than $300,000 in cash from the government.
On Monday, Pang’s assets and those of his Irvine company, Private Equity Management Group Inc., were frozen at the request of the
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I’ve blogged before about the investment fraud loss and deductibility rules outlined in Internal Revenue Code 165, and how the tax code can help victims of investment fraud recoup their losses. Now Madoff victims are hoping to get refunds on past state taxes paid on income from Madoff that they might never have received.
The Los Angeles Times reports that hundreds of Californians, many of them elderly and nearly broke, are
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A San Antonio, Texas, woman was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $1.5 million in restitution to the IRS for her role in a fraudulent tax scheme.
In addition to the prison term, United States District Judge Fred Biery ordered that Terrell Diamond be placed under supervised release for a period of three years after completing her prison term.
According to court records, Diamond, along with her
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I recently blogged about the new IRS Safe Harbor guidelines for Ponzi scheme victims.
CCH has issued a white paper addressing the various tax and planning implications that arise as a result of investment in the Madoff Ponzi scheme or other fraudulent schemes. The paper, Madoff and Other Fraudulent Schemes: Tax and Planning Implications, analyzes the tax issues and bankruptcy implications arising from the schemes and provides an overview of related
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Under the NEW IRC Section 165 Safe Harbor Rules the IRS estimates it will refund victims of the Bernard Madoff’s massive ponzi scheme around $17 billion!!
The Safe Harbor provisions are crucial to obtaining relief for victims of investment stock fraud because it converts what would ordinarily be a capital loss (which is offset against capital gains and any unused capital loss is then limited to a deduction of only $3,000
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While Benrie Madoff was jailed last week after pleading guilty to charges surrounding his $65 billion Ponzi scheme, the IRS is busy issuing new guidelines for filing tax theft loss deductions.
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Doug Shulman reached out to thousands of Ponzi victims to provide “safe harbor” procedures for taxpayers who sustained investment losses discovered to be criminally fraudulent.
In addition to simplifying and clarifying the filing process for those seeking
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Shirley G. Graybill, 72, of North Haven, Conn., was sentenced to two years of probation — the first four months of which she must spend in home confinement — after pleading guilty to one count of making and subscribing to a false 2002 tax return.
According to court records, the Triple Diamond Foundation was an entity created by Graybill and her husband, Dale L. Graybill, purportedly to fund cancer research —
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According to a recent article in the New York Times titled For Victims of Schemes, the I.R.S. Can Be Flexible, a bailout for Madoff victims would cost federal, state and local governments as much as $20 billion.
While a spokesman for the Internal Revenue Service declined to comment on the Madoff case, there is still speculation in the media and amongst tax professionals as to whether investors will be able to
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