Tag: tax fraud

• Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 09:41 UTC

  Ex IMF managing director to prison for the second time on tax fraud and corruption

  

  The former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Spain's Conservative deputy prime minister, Rodrigo Rato was sentenced on Friday to four years and nine months in prison by the Madrid Provincial Court.

• Thursday, June 24th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Famous computer antivirus developer found dead in Spanish prison

  

  The developer of a worldwide famous computer antivirus software John McAfee was found dead in his Spanish prison cell Wednesday, just hours after his extradition to the United States had been approved.

• Thursday, February 21st 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Swiss bank UBS fined €3.7bn in France for helping clients launder proceeds of tax fraud

  

  Swiss banking giant UBS has been fined €3.7bn (US$4.2bn) in a French tax fraud case. A court in Paris found that the bank had illegally helped French clients hide billions of Euros from French tax authorities between 2004 and 2012.

• Wednesday, January 23rd 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo agrees to pay ‎€19 million for tax fraud in Spain

  

  Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has paid a fine of almost ‎€19 million for tax fraud in Spain on Tuesday but will avoid a 23-month prison sentence as part of the deal.