Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Update
Purdue Pharma’s chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in the Southern District of New York (White Plains) on Sunday evening came as...
Purdue Pharma L.P. files Chapter 11 for Protection from 2600 State and Federal Lawsuits
Sep 16, 2019
On Sunday night Purdue Pharma L.P. filed Chapter 11 seeking protection from more than 2,600 state and federal lawsuits. Purdue...
Make Sure Your Bitcoin Password is Safe: Cryptocurrency Exchange Can’t Access $190 Million in Holdings!
Feb 9, 2019
Gerald Cotten, the founder of Canada’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, QuadrigaCX, died unexpectedly due to complications with Crohn's disease. According to...
United States Supreme Court Reverses Conviction for Obstructing Tax Law Administration
Mar 22, 2018
Between 2004 and 2009, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intermittently investigated petitioner Marinello’s tax activities. In 2012, the Government indicted Marinello for...
IRS Announces the end of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program
Mar 14, 2018
The IRS has announced it will begin to shut down the 2014 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP). The program will...
Estate Portability: Tax Court Case Clarifies IRS Time to Examine Return
Mar 10, 2018
As part of our tax and estate planning practice in Connecticut and New York we do a lot of planning...
Alabama Resident and Ringleader of Multi-Million Dollar Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Schemes Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison
Mar 8, 2018
Over 8,800 Identities Stolen from the U.S. Army, Alabama State Agencies and Georgia Businesses A Phenix City, Alabama, resident was...
Tax Protester’s Conviction Properly Upheld
Mar 7, 2018
Gregory E. Pflum of Saint Marys, Kansas, plead guilty in 2007 to one count of attempting to evade income taxes...
Senators Introduce Legislation to Repeal the Internal Revenue Service’s Private Debt Collection Program
Mar 3, 2018
Yesterday three senators introduced legislation that would repeal the IRS's use of private debt collectors. On December 4, 2015, President Obama...
Connecticut Bookkeeper Rebecca Block Pleads Guilty to Federal Tax Charge Arising from Her Embezzlement of $190,000
Feb 21, 2018
Green & Sklarz LLC Partner Eric Green represented the owner of a business that had been embezzled by its bookkeeper,...
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