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Hong Kong Is New Target of U.S. Crackdown On Global Tax Evasion

bloomberg.com | David Voreacos, Carlyn Kolker and Alan Katz | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Peter Zeidenberg, Bloomberg, Tax Haven, Swiss Banks, Douglas Tween, Tax Evasion, Hong Kong, Jeffrey Chernick, World News

Hong Kong is a new target of U.S. prosecutors pursuing a global campaign against evaders of federal taxes, spurred by data acquired in their crackdown...

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Obama's White House is for Sale Just like All the Others

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Sr, Reagan, Robert Gibbs, Bush, President Obama. Pacs, Corporations, Clinton, Lobbyists, Donors, Bundling, Tax Evasion, Campaign Financing, Wall Street, Special Favors, Usb Bank, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Obama thundered he was the only candidate who didn't take a dime from Washington lobbyists. He hadn't taken a dime directly from them, but the favored few wealthy donors who don't have an L scribbled on their backside.

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Chamber Of Commerce Gets What It Wants On Tax Dodger Ban From Senate Committee

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Susan Collins, Lobbyblog, Tax Evasion, Inverted Corporations, Tax Havens, Inverted Corporations Loophole, Inverted Corporation, Chamber of Commerce Tax Dodgers, Business News

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce lobbied for the Senate Appropriations Committee to weaken a ban on government contracts with "inverted corporations," rep...

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Acorn Loses Bank Of America As Corporate Partner

Wall Street Journal | JAMES R. HAGERTY | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Ethics Training, Foreclosure-Prevention, Banks, Acorn Housing, Lending, Wells Fargo, Michael Shea, Undercover Tapes, Tax Evasion, Census, Bank of America, Prostitution, Acorn, Foreclosure, Community Organizing, Politics News

Already facing the loss of federal government funding, the community-organizing group Acorn also has run afoul of one of its big corporate partners, B...

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Jerry Koosman, Ex-Mets Pitcher, Gets 6 Months For Tax Evasion

AP | TODD RICHMOND | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Mets, Wisconsin Tax Evasion, Jerry Koosman Sentenced, New York Mets, Jerry Koosman Mets, Tax Evasion, Jerry Koosman Tax Evasion, Jerry Koosman, New York News

MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced former major league pitcher Jerry Koosman to six months in prison for not paying his taxes...

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Dirty Money Flees Swiss Banks for Singapore

Diane Francis | Posted 09.22.2009 | World

Read More: Ubs, Swiss, Singapore, White Collar Crime, Secret-Bank-Accounts, Cayman Islands, Swiss Banks, Secret Bank Accounts, Tax Evasion, World News
Diane Francis

UBS will hand over information on the accounts of 4,450 wealthy Americans, the bank has announed. But this should be just the beginning and the next big target should be Singapore.

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United States of America vs. UBS: A Step Too Far?

Georges Ugeux | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ubs, $780 Million in Fines, Swiss Government, Irs, Swiss Bank, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Finra, Taxation, Tax Fraud, Taxpayers, Switzerland Banks, Swiss Bank Accounts, Chancellor Angela Merkel, Swiss Banks Secrecy, US Banks, Us-Taxpayers, Tax Evasion, Oecd, Nicolas Sarkozy, Switzerland, British Prime Minister Brown, Tax Havens, Politics News
Georges Ugeux

There is no winner when fundamental rule of law and customer loyalty are not respected. This will have major ramifications outside of Switzerland and the United States.

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UBS Deals Cause Switzerland To Back Down on Bank Secrecy

Marilyn Barrett | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Ubs, Swiss-Tax-Fraud, Tax Fraud, Tax, Tax-Evasion, Swiss Tax Haven, Tax Havens, Business News
Marilyn Barrett

While we Americans are rightfully angry with our banks, the Swiss must be furious with UBS for the havoc it has wrecked on their famous banking industry, which relied on secrecy for much of its success.

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150 U.S.-Based UBS Clients To Be Charged With Tax Evasion

Reuters | Tom Brown | Posted 09.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Tax Evasion, Tax Havens, UBS AG, Swiss Banks, Business News

MIAMI (Reuters) - The United States is building criminal cases against more than 150 American clients of Swiss bank UBS as part of a crackdown on tax ...

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Xu Zhiyong and What His Detention Means for Rule of Law in China

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Hu Jintao, People's Republic of China, Rule of Law, Tax Evasion, Chinese Democracy, Public-Interest-Lawyers, Communist Party, Beijing, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Sichuan Earthquake, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese Government, Anti-Discrimination Law, Xu-Zhiyong, China National People's Congress, Rule of Law China, World News
Elizabeth Lynch

The Chinese Communist Party is unified by one principle: to remain in power. Any organized effort, even if within the confines of the law, will be viewed as a threat to the CCP's authority.

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Tax Fraud, Tax Havens, UBS and Bears ... Oh My!

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 09.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Offshore Bank Accounts, Us Ubs Case, Ubs, Tax Evasion, Swiss Bank Accounts, Business News
Hale

The US government has come to an agreement with UBS regarding a long-running tax fraud investigation. This has been a fascinating case to watch for several reasons that I will explain.

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The Republican Summer Olympics of 2009

Gary Cohan | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Mark Sanford, Ted Stevens, Jack Abramoff, Ann Coulter, Olympics, Lobbyists, Blue States, Larry Craig, Eliot Spitzer, Dick Cheney, Adultery, Condoleezza Rice, John Edwards, Michael Savage, Gop, Newt Gingrich, Manchurian Candidate, Constitution, Republican Party, Bob Ney, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Jim McGreevey, Mark Foley, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Social Conservatives, Ted Haggard, Rush Limbaugh, Lobbying, Scandal, Barack Obama, Red States, Homosexuality, John Ensign, Sean Hannity, Oxycontin, Neocons, Hypocrisy, Homophobia, New York Times, Neoconservatives, Alberto Gonzales, Bill O'Reilly, David Vitter, Conspiracy, Contract With America, Prostitution, Mail-Fraud, Big Tent, Tax Evasion, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Tom Delay, Teenage Pregnancy, Divorce, Internet Porn, Fox News, Phil Gramm, Hal Turner, Al Gore, Summer Olympics, Pilonidal Cyst, Vietnam Draft-Dodger, Draft-Dodging, Vietnam War, Politics News
Gary Cohan

Republicans' private embraces are often in complete contradistinction with their own oft-trumpeted, Biblically-mandated "moral" guidelines for the rest of us.

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UBS or Just Plain BS?

Russ Baker | Posted 07.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Swiss Tax Haven, Money Laundering, Switzerland, Tax Evasion, Taxes, Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, Swiss Banks, Ubs, Business News
Russ Baker

The Justice Department has just floated a trial balloon to see if it can force the Swiss Bank UBS to disclose the names of 52,000 rich Americans suspected of using the bank to evade US taxes.

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Tax Day: A Great Day to Cheat

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 05.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Taxes, April 15 Tax Day, Kpmg, Rush, Tax, Maddow, Tax Day, Enron, Cheating, Tax Evasion, Book, Monty Python, Comedy News
Jeff Kreisler

Today is tax day, but, as Leona Helmsley wisely noted, "Only the little people pay taxes."

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Tax Day (Dis)Honor Roll: Illinois' Most Notorious Tax Cheating Politicians

Ben Strauss | Posted 05.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Taxes, Illinois Taxes, Otto Kerner, Tax Evasion, Illinois Tax Cheats, George Ryan, Illinois Tax Evaders, Larry Bloom, Tax Day, Paul Powell, William Stratton, Arenda Troutman, Moe Rosenberg, Illinois Corruption, Tax Returns, William Scott, Illinois Tax Fraud, Al Capone, Harold Washington, Silver Shovel, Politician Taxes, Chicago News
Ben Strauss

Among the damning evidence against Troutman was a recording of her saying, "Most aldermen, most politicians are ho's."

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Endgame for Gramm?

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Scheer, Ubs, Phil Gramm, Wendy Gramm, Treasury, Enron, Justice Department, Tax Evasion, John McCain, Business News
Robert Scheer

The "nation of whiners" comment during the campaign was a sideshow compared with the serious charges now swirling around UBS, charges that may finally prove to be Phil Gramm's undoing.

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White House Task Force To Investigate Tax Revenue Gaps

Wall Street Journal | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Obama Budget Priorities, White House, Tax Evaders, Peter Orszag, Corporate Taxes, Tax Evasion, Barack Obama, Tax Cuts, Obama Budget, White House Task Force, Obama Corporate Taxes, Obama Budget Plans, Politics News

The White House said it would launch a search for new tax revenues, as Congressional leaders moved to scale back proposed spending increases and tax c...

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Switzerland Tax Evasion Cooperation: To Breaks With Tradition, Embrace Openness

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER and ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS | Posted 04.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Tax Haven, Europe Tax Havens, Switzerland, Switzerland Tax Evasion, Tax Evasion Switzerland, Tax Havens Europe, Tax Evasion, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Tax Havens, Swiss Tax Evasion, Business News

GENEVA — Switzerland's days as a safe haven for the world's tax evaders are numbered. Under pressure from the United States and other troubled ...

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Thomas B. Edsall

Gimme Shelter: Tax Evasion And The Obama Administration

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ubs, Tax Shelters, Tax Evasion, Politics News

If government watchdogs -- determined to root out waste, fraud and abuse -- want to go after big game, they should skip chasing nickel-dime welfare c...

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Why We Must Fight Like Hell to Confirm Hilda Solis for Labor Secretary

ZP Heller | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Hilda Solis, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor Unions, Taxes, California, Economy, Labor Department, Economic Crisis, Department of Labor, Tax Evasion, USA Today, Video, David Dayen, Job Cuts, Politics News
ZP Heller

The Senate Labor committee postponed Solis' nomination yesterday because of a recent USA Today report about her husband's outstanding California tax liens.

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A Modest Proposal

Peter Clothier | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Witch Hunt, Taxes, President Obama, Tom Daschle, Domestic Help, Letters, Nanny, Nannygate, The New York Times, New York Times, Tom Daschle Withdraws Nomination, Tax Evasion, Tom Daschle Taxes, Media News
Peter Clothier

In view of the "tax problems" that are plaguing the confirmation of Barack Obama's nominees, I have a modest proposal.

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Dump Dirty Daschle, Designate Dean

Rob Kall | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Howard Dean, Tax Evasion, Tax Dodging, Health Care, Tom Daschle, Politics News
Rob Kall

Daschle is not the right man for rescuing our health care system. He's the right man to protect corporate interests, to put on a show of smoke and mirrors. Give the job to Dean.

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Sam Stein

Geithner Compared To Wesley Snipes By White House Press Corps

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geithner Treasury, Wesley Snipes Taxes, Timothy Geithner, Geithner Wesley Snipes, Tax Payments, Senate Confirmation, Tax Evasion, Nomination Battles, Politics News

At the tail end of his daily press conference, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs was asked by far the most provocative question of the day: why tax-e...

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The 10 Worst Corporations of 2008

Robert Weissman | Posted 01.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Roche, Smoking, Economy, Food Crisis, Cargill, Aig, Corporate Power, Tax Evasion, Philippines, Osha, Imperial Sugar, HIV/AIDS, Corporate Crime, Darfur, Philip Morris, Dole, Cnpc, Corporate Greed, Constellation, Financial Crisis, Chevron, Nuclear Power, Ge, Business News
Robert Weissman

In keeping with our tradition of highlighting diverse forms of corporate wrongdoing, we included only one financial company on the 10 Worst list.

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Is It Possible Madoff and Feeder Funds Will Not Be Sued by Big Fish?

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Yachts, Sec, karmabanque.com, Madoff, Pyramid Scheme, Mafia, Billionaires, Tax Evasion, Bush, Fraud, Hedge Funds, Fda, Financial Crisis, Fuld, Ubp, Zell, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Why would certain well-off clients and investors in the feeder funds (for example Switzerland's Union Bancaire Privee) not sue Madoff for his illegal ...

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