Category Archives: Tax Evasion

Like Father, Like Son

Posted on July 25, 2007 by Russ

Following in your father’s footsteps can be a very good thing. However, when you’re following your father into (potentially) prison for tax evasion, that’s not a good thing at all. Let’s first talk about the father, David Pflum. The elder … Continue reading →

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Barry Bonds: Home Run King…and Tax Evader?

Posted on July 22, 2007 by Russ

Barry Bonds is moving towards career home run #756, which would exceed Hank Aaron’s career mark of 755. Bonds did not play in today’s game at Milwaukee. He currently has 753 homers, and will face Atlanta in San Francisco Monday … Continue reading →

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Black Guilty, But Not of Tax Fraud

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Russ

Remember the Conrad Black trial? Verdicts have come out, and it’s a mixed bag. All of the defendants (along with Black, there were three co-defendants) were found not guilty of not filing corporate tax returns. However, Black was found guilty … Continue reading →

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Lighting a Match to Evasion

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Russ

Quite a bit of tax evasion to report on tonight. We have fuel for the fire (literally), embezzlement, and even a connection to one of my favorites: Wesley Snipes. Starting in Houston, three men decided to make money the third … Continue reading →

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A Different Kind of Death Tax

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Russ

How did I miss this story from the Orange County Register? “ANAHEIM – The former director of UCLA’s Willed Body Program pleaded guilty to federal tax charges after admitting he never paid taxes on tens of thousands of dollars he … Continue reading →

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Don’t Lose My Number

Posted on July 10, 2007 by Russ

“Billy, Billy don’t you lose my number Cos you’re not anywhere That I can find you Oh now Billy, Billy don’t you lose my number Cos you’re not anywhere that I can find you, oh no” (Don’t Lose My Number, … Continue reading →

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What Is It About Strip Club Owners & Tax Evasion?

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Russ

I’ve reported several times about strip club owners evading taxes (and getting caught). I guess there are a lot of temptations out there…and if you’re going to offer one, you get to thinking about another. In any case, yet another … Continue reading →

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Will the IRS Re-Open Dinosaur Adventure Land?

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Russ

Jo Hovind fared much better than her husband when she was sentenced last week for 45 tax related charges. Her husband, Kent Hovind, received ten years in prison. Mrs. Hovind was sentenced to one year and a day, and will … Continue reading →

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$63,000 Is a Lot Less than $5 Million

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Russ

Back in February I reported on Mark Kaushansky, the Soviet emigre who admitted evading taxes. At the time, Fred Theiman, Mr. Kaushansky’s attorney, noted, “A lot of assumptions made by the government are perfectly rational, perfectly logical and perfectly wrong.” … Continue reading →

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Yagman: “Hoisted by His Own Petard”

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Russ

The LA Weekly has a great article on the Stephen Yagman case. As I wrote earlier, Mr. Yagman was found guilty on 19 counts of tax evasion, money laundering, and bankruptcy fraud last week. If you read the Los Angeles … Continue reading →

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