
Your Naughty Tax Preparer of the Day
It might just be me but it seems that tax preparation businesses with unscrupulous owners have the most ridiculous names. Would you really trust getting your taxes done correctly and legally at a place called Tax Terminatorz? Well, people did and in the process were part of Tax Terminatorz’s grand plan to screw the IRS […]

BDO Puerto Rico Tax Partner Accused of Trying (and Failing) to Defraud the IRS
More accountants behaving badly at BDO Puerto Rico. First it was good ol’ Fernando Scherrer, the BDO Puerto Rico managing partner who got indicted for taking part in a shady corruption scandal last year that also involved Puerto Rico’s former education secretary and the former head of the Puerto Rico Health Insurance Administration. Now, the […]

Accountants Behaving Badly: Ex-KPMG Auditor Arrested, Embezzler Gets 5 Years, Fraudster Gets 2 Years
Plus, Australian accountant caught up in cheese scandal, and an accountant in Fiji accused of defrauding a client pleads not guilty. Sipho Malaba arrested in connection with the R2,7 billion VBS Bank robbery [Pindula News] Former KPMG South Africa auditor Sipho Malaba was one of seven people who were arrested on June 17 for their […]

Accountants Behaving Badly: Guilty Plea In Panama Papers Case, NY Accounting Firm Arraigned, Owning Up to Ponzi Scheme
Plus, accountants from India are in hot water for embezzlement and fraud, and a Florida law firm accountant charged with attempted first-degree murder faces additional charges. Accountant Pleads Guilty Ahead of Trial in Panama Papers Case [Wall Street Journal] Richard Gaffey pleaded guilty in federal court on Feb. 28 to charges he helped a client […]

Accountants Behaving Badly: Too Many Pints, Fraudster Gets 18 Months In Jail, Egypt Tax Authority Chief Arrested
Plus, a couple of tax preparers thought they could get away with defrauding the IRS. They were wrong. Drunk trainee accountant crashed car after Leeds night out [The Yorkshire Post] Archie Scott was banned from driving for 20 months and was sentenced to 12 months of community order with 50 hours unpaid work after he […]