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 […]
Accountants Behaving Badly: Defrauding the IRS, Stealing From School, Drunken Leadfoot
Plus, an accountant allegedly stole thousands from an ice rink construction company, and a male tax preparer who pretended to be a woman named Alyssa Jean Pipes is accused of screwing over his clients. Former state senator’s accountant convicted of tax fraud [Justice Department] John Nardozzi, an accountant for former Massachusetts senator Brian A. Joyce, was […]
Accountants Behaving Badly: X Factor Winner’s Ex-Accountant Banned, Drunk Driving, Theft
Yes, there actually are accountants who behave badly who don’t work at KPMG U.S. or Deloitte U.K.: X Factor star’s accountant is banned from his profession [Essex Echo] Here’s an update to an article Adrienne wrote earlier this year: A south Essex accountant who defrauded X Factor winner James Arthur of almost £600,000 has been […]
Accountant Reaches New Heights of Stupid Behavior After Drinking and Driving
Where I come from, some of my friends had a saying, “There’s only one way to drive drunk…FAST!” Obviously this is dumb. Forget the fact that drinking and driving is dumb but exceeding the speed limit while drinking and driving is exponentially dumber. Inevitably this type of behavior will get you pulled over, at which point the opportunity for more dumb behavior presents itself. On the one hand you could simply jump out of the car, flee the scene, losing your shirt in the process because it will probably slow you down, only to be tackled, cuffed and babbling the Branded theme song in the back of a police cruiser. Another option would be to literally manifest the phrase “cop-slugging drunk.” And yet another option is to do what Alison Brookes did and opt for a more affectionate approach:
A driver who kissed a cop in a bid to avoid a parking ticket ended up losing her licence – after he smelled booze on her breath. Chartered accountant Alison Brookes, 51, planted the smacker on the police officer’s cheek after he spotted her parked on double yellow lines in Didsbury. But the officer got a whiff of alcohol – and arrested her. Brookes, of Fenwick Drive, Heaton Mersey, admitted drink driving and was banned for 14 months at Manchester Magistrates’ Court. Court chairman Stephen Terry told her: “Perhaps kissing the officer was a bit of a giveaway, but that’s by the by.”