The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act is a United States federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties and a civil cause of action for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization.
Wesley Trent Snipes is an American actor. He appeared in the films Major League (1989),New Jack City (1991),Jungle Fever (1991),White Men Can't Jump (1992),Passenger 57 (1992),Rising Sun (1993),Demolition Man (1993),Drop Zone (1994),To Wong Foo,Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995),U.S. Marshals (1998),The Expendables 3 (2014),Coming 2 America (2021),and the Blade film trilogy (1998–2004),portraying Blade. In television,he appeared on The Player (2015). Snipes was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his work in The Waterdance (1992) and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his performance in the film One Night Stand (1997).
Irwin Allen Schiff was an American libertarian and tax resistance advocate known for writing and promoting literature in which he argued that the way in which the income tax in the United States is enforced upon individuals as a tax on one's time or wages,is illegal and unconstitutional. Judges in several civil and criminal cases ruled in favor of the federal government and against Schiff. As a result of these judicial rulings Schiff was in a hospital prison serving a sentence of 162 months at the time of his death.
The KPMG tax shelter fraud scandal involves illegal U.S. tax shelters by KPMG that were exposed beginning in 2003. In early 2005,the United States member firm of KPMG International,KPMG LLP,was accused by the United States Department of Justice of fraud in marketing abusive tax shelters.
A tax protester,in the United States,is a person who denies that he or she owes a tax based on the belief that the Constitution of the United States,statutes,or regulations do not empower the government to impose,assess or collect the tax. The tax protester may have no dispute with how the government spends its revenue. This differentiates a tax protester from a tax resister,who seeks to avoid paying a tax because the tax is being used for purposes with which the resister takes issue.
Tax protesters in the United States advance a number of conspiracy arguments asserting that Congress,the courts and various agencies within the federal government—primarily the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)—are involved in a deception deliberately designed to procure from individuals or entities their wealth or profits in contravention of law. Conspiracy arguments are distinct from,though related to,constitutional,statutory,and administrative arguments. Proponents of such arguments contend that all three branches of the United States government are working covertly to defraud the taxpayers of the United States through the illegal imposition,assessment and collection of a federal income tax.
James Galante is an American convicted felon and associate of the Genovese crime family,owner of the defunct Danbury Trashers minor-league hockey team and a defunct racecar team fielding cars for Ted Christopher,and ex-CEO of Automated Waste Disposal (AWD),a company that holds waste disposal contracts for most of western Connecticut and Westchester and Putnam counties in New York.
Eddie Ray Kahn is an American tax protester. Kahn is currently in prison for tax crimes,with a tentative release date of 2026. Kahn founded the group American Rights Litigators and ran the for-profit businesses "Guiding Light of God Ministries" and "Eddie Kahn and Associates." According to the U.S. Justice Department,all three organizations are or were illegal tax evasion operations.
Internal Revenue Service,Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) is the United States federal law enforcement agency responsible for investigating potential criminal violations of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and related financial crimes,such as money laundering,currency violations,tax-related identity theft fraud and terrorist financing that adversely affect tax administration. While other federal agencies also have investigative jurisdiction for money laundering and some Bank Secrecy Act violations,IRS-CI is the only federal agency that can investigate potential criminal violations of the Internal Revenue Code,in a manner intended to foster confidence in the tax system and deter violations of tax law. Criminal Investigation is a division of the Internal Revenue Service,which in turn is a bureau within the United States Department of the Treasury.
Anthony A. Graziano was an American mobster and consigliere in the Bonanno crime family.
The redemption movement is a debt-resistance movement and fraud scheme which is primarily active in the United States and Canada. The group alleges that a secret fund is created for every citizen at birth and that a procedure exists to "redeem" or reclaim this fund to pay bills,forming a foundational section of the pseudolaw movement. Common redemption schemes include acceptance for value (A4V),'Treasury Direct Accounts' (TDA) and secured party creditor "kits," collections of pseudolegal tactics sold to participants despite a complete lack of any actual legal basis. Such tactics are sometimes called "money for nothing" schemes,as their aim is ultimately to extract money from the government by using secret methods. The name of the A4V scheme in particular has become synonymous with the movement as a whole.
Barrie Leslie Konicov was a United States hypnotist,author,and one-time Libertarian candidate for the United States Congress. He was the President and chief hypnotherapist of Potentials Unlimited. At one time Konicov sold approximately a million self-hypnosis tapes a year. Konicov was also notable for his involvement in several court cases including United States v Konicov,a 2001 conviction for one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States by impeding,impairing,obstructing,and defeating the lawful governmental functions of the Internal Revenue Service. He was also convicted on three counts of willfully failing to file Federal income tax returns for the years 1994,1995,and 1996. Konicov received an 87-month prison sentence. The Atlantic magazine named Konicov fourth on its list of the ten biggest tax scofflaws of the 20th century.
Bradley Charles Birkenfeld is an American private banker,convicted felon,and whistleblower. During the mid- to late-2000s,he made a series of disclosures about UBS Group AG clients,in violation of Swiss banking secrecy laws,to the U.S. government alleging possible tax evasion. Known as the 2007 "Birkenfeld Disclosure",the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it had reached a deferred prosecution agreement with UBS that resulted in a US$780 million fine and the release of previously privileged information on American tax evaders.
Honest services fraud is a crime defined in 18 U.S.C. § 1346,added by the United States Congress in 1988,which states "For the purposes of this chapter,the term scheme or artifice to defraud includes a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services."
Happy's Pizza is an American regional chain of restaurants,serving pizza,ribs,chicken,seafood,sandwiches,pasta and salad.
Under the federal law of the United States of America,tax evasion or tax fraud,is the purposeful illegal attempt of a taxpayer to evade assessment or payment of a tax imposed by Federal law. Conviction of tax evasion may result in fines and imprisonment. Compared to other countries,Americans are more likely to pay their taxes on time and law-abidingly.
The Swiss investment bank and financial services company,UBS Group AG,has been at the center of numerous tax evasion and avoidance investigations undertaken by U.S.,French,German,Israeli,and Belgian tax authorities as a consequence of their strict banking secrecy practices.
The Wyatt Family was featured on the American reality TV show American Guns. Rich Wyatt ran a gun store called Gunsmoke Guns which was the main setting for the American Guns show. He operated the store with his family:Renee his wife,his stepdaughter Paige Wyatt,and his stepson Kurt Wyatt,along with the many other employees of Gunsmoke. The store lost its firearms license in April 2012,though continued to trade allegedly booking the sales whilst directing purchasers to another store to fill in checks and complete the sale. Rich Wyatt was found guilty of charges related to this activity and tax evasion in 2017,and was sentenced to 78 months in prison.
The two criminal trials of Paul Manafort were the first cases brought to trial by the special counsel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Manafort served as campaign chair for the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign from June 20 to August 19,2016. In July 2017,the FBI conducted a raid of Manafort's home,authorized by search warrant under charges of interference in the 2016 election. Manafort and his business assistant Rick Gates were both indicted and arrested in October 2017 for charges of conspiracy against the United States,making false statements,money laundering,and failing to register as foreign agents for Ukraine. Gates entered a plea bargain in February 2018.
