Chinese legal activist being detained for tax evasion, brother saysBEIJING — A leading Chinese legal activist detained by authorities last week has been accused of tax evasion, his brother said Tuesday. Canada extradites German businessman Schreiber, accused of role in Kohl scandalMUNICH — Karlheinz Schreiber, a key figure in a political party financing scandal involving former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, was extradited to Germany from Canada to face criminal charges after losing a decade-long court battle. Businessman Schreiber being extradited from Canada to GermanyTORONTO — German-Canadian businessman Karlheinz Schreiber is being extradited to Germany, Canada’s justice department has confirmed. Canadian judge denies German businessman’s bid for injunction to halt extraditionTORONTO — A Canadian judge has denied a German-Canadian businessman’s request for an injunction to stop his imminent extradition to Germany. A timeline of the tax evasion probe against Swiss bank UBSAlong with the 50 million Swiss francs (about $45 million) that UBS AG lost during the financial crisis, the bank’s admitted assistance to U.S. tax evaders seriously damaged the financial powerhouse’s reputation. Here is a timeline of the most important developments: US, Swiss governments near settling in UBS tax evasion case; Fla. judge cancels Monday trialMIAMI — Days before a high-stakes trial with implications for bankers worldwide, the U.S. and Swiss governments said Friday they reached a hard-fought settlement in the U.S. effort to get names of thousands of wealthy Americans suspected of evading taxes by hiding billions of dollars with Swiss banking giant UBS AG. US says settlement in principle in UBS tax evasion case; judge in Fla. cancels Monday trialMIAMI — A federal judge is Florida is canceling a planned trial for Swiss bank UBS after the Swiss and U.S. governments struck a deal over allegations that Americans hid money overseas. Judge to get update on settlement talks in UBS tax evasion caseMIAMI — With time running short, a judge in Miami wants an update on settlement talks in the U.S. effort to obtain names of thousands of suspected American tax evaders from Swiss bank UBS AG. Chinese human rights lawyer detained by police ahead of meeting with tax authoritiesBEIJING — A leader of a Chinese legal rights group was detained by police ahead of a meeting he arranged with tax authorities to discuss hefty fines recently imposed on its research center, the group said Thursday. Swiss prosecutors examine complaint linked to US claim of bribery in tax evasion matterBERN, Switzerland — Swiss prosecutors are examining allegations that a high-ranking Swiss tax official received a $45,000 bribe in exchange for providing sensitive information to an American who has now pleaded guilty to tax evasion in the U.S., a Swiss official said Wednesday. Both sides say no agreement imminent in US tax evasion case against Swiss bank UBSMIAMI — Attorneys say no settlement is imminent in the U.S. attempt to force Swiss bank UBS AG to disclose names of thousands of suspected tax dodgers. UBS hearing in Fla. to gauge settlement progress between Swiss, US governments in tax caseMIAMI — A federal judge is due for an update on negotiations aimed at settling the government’s tax evasion lawsuit against Swiss bank UBS. Witness says pastor asked, ‘Do you think I’m a dirty old man?’ as girl rubbed his thighsTEXARKANA, Ark. — A former follower of evangelist Tony Alamo told federal jurors at his sex-crimes trial Monday that the preacher lashed out at her when she grimaced at the sight of a 9-year-old girl rubbing his thighs. Inside Alamo’s compound: Making jackets for celebrities, filling out forms to request clothesTEXARKANA, Ark. — In the years after evangelist Tony Alamo took the 14-year-old girl as a bride, she said, she caught glimpses of her father on the surveillance cameras that fed into the minister’s office. Witness says evangelist claimed ‘The Lord told me’ to sexually abuse 8-year-old girlTEXARKANA, Ark. — A woman who says she was a child bride of evangelist Tony Alamo told jurors Wednesday that the minister had so many partners that he had to schedule when he would have sex with them. 3rd-generation Alamo follower: Pastor segregated children by gender, fully controlled compoundTEXARKANA, Ark. — A woman whose parents and grandparents followed evangelist Tony Alamo testified at his sex-crime trial Wednesday that “Papa Tony” segregated children by gender to prevent “hanky-panky” and controlled everything at his religious compound. Prosecutors claim evangelist on trial for sex crimes ‘married’ 8-year-old girlTEXARKANA, Ark. — Evangelist Tony Alamo preyed on his loyal followers’ young daughters, once taking a girl as young as 8 as his bride and repeatedly sexually assaulting her, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday. NH tax evaders convicted of plotting to kill feds in months-long standoff at fort-like homeCONCORD, N.H. — Tax evaders Ed and Elaine Brown were convicted Thursday on all counts of plotting to kill federal agents during a nine-month standoff at their fort-like home in rural New Hampshire. NH tax evaders guilty on all counts of plotting to kill feds in months-long standoffCONCORD, N.H. — Tax evaders Ed and Elaine Brown were convicted Thursday of amassing weapons, explosives and booby traps and plotting to kill federal agents during a nine-month standoff in 2007 at their fort-like home in rural New Hampshire. Jury gets case against NH tax evaders accused of trying to harm agents during standoffCONCORD, N.H. — Convicted tax evader Ed Brown just “wanted to live” when he stockpiled guns and explosives at his home during a 2007 standoff, his defense lawyer said Wednesday during closing arguments in Brown’s weapons and conspiracy trial. Defense rests in weapons, conspiracy trial of NH tax evaders; closing arguments on tapCONCORD, N.H. — Testimony has ended in New Hampshire in the trial of tax evaders accused of booby-trapping their property to harm federal agents during a 2007 standoff. New Hampshire tax evader denies booby-trapping property to harm federal agentsCONCORD, N.H. — A convicted tax evader has denied at his trial that he booby-trapped his New Hampshire property to kill federal agents. Video of weapons-filled home shown at NH trial of convicted tax evaders Ed and Elaine BrownCONCORD, N.H. — Jurors in the trial of a tax-evading New Hampshire couple viewed video Wednesday of a vast arsenal that prosecutors say they stockpiled inside their turreted mountaintop home, including an improvised bomb on a kitchen shelf, next to the cookie jar. Feds bring charges against 90-something Seattle strip club mogul with rap sheet dating to ’40sSEATTLE — At 92, Frank Colacurcio Sr. shows little sign of slowing down in a life of crime that began back in the FDR administration with a statutory rape conviction. Prosecutor says convicted NH tax evaders are radicals as weapons and conspiracy trial beginsCONCORD, N.H. — A retired exterminator and his dentist wife held hands and talked in court Tuesday as a prosecutor called them dangerous anti-government radicals and their lawyers said it was reasonable for them to fear for their lives. NH tax evaders face new trial for weapons, bombs, booby traps allegedly aimed at marshalsCONCORD, N.H. — Retired exterminator Ed Brown and his dentist wife Elaine holed up on a mountaintop in their turreted concrete castle, protected by an arsenal of homemade bombs, booby traps, semiautomatic assault-type rifles and a cache of 60,000 rounds of ammunition — all aimed at federal agents, prosecutors say. Las Vegas newspaper to comply with narrowed subpoena for info on authors of Web site commentsLAS VEGAS — A Nevada newspaper reported Wednesday it will comply with a narrowed federal grand jury subpoena seeking information about the identity of two people who posted Web site comments about a criminal tax trial. Feds indict 7 in alleged scheme that generated billions in fraudulent tax lossesNEW YORK — Federal authorities have indicted the former chief executive of a major accounting firm and six others in what they say was a wide-ranging criminal scheme that generated more than $7 billion in fraudulent tax losses. Indictment: Former CEO of Seattle firm, 2 lawyers helped wealthy clients avoid taxes on $1.3BSEATTLE — A federal grand jury has indicted three people in what prosecutors described as one of the largest tax-fraud schemes in U.S. history, a complicated shelter that helped philanthropist Robert Wood Johnson IV, Hollywood media mogul Haim Saban and a few other wealthy clients avoid paying taxes on $1.3 billion in capital gains. Swiss bank UBS fights to keep names of account holders suspected of dodging US taxes a secretMIAMI — Swiss banking giant UBS AG said turning over to the IRS the names of thousands of wealthy Americans who might be withholding billions in income from U.S. taxes would violate Swiss law and undermine international relations, according to a court brief filed Thursday. |
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