He was talking about a vast tax-evasion scandal involving phantom companies and fake invoices that erupted in Germany last summer.
And in 1935, after the U.S. government brought tax-evasion charges against him, Mellon suddenly announced that he would found a great gallery in the capital.
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His reputation has been battered by a series of corruption scandals involving senior government officials and the conviction of two of his sons for influence-peddling and tax-evasion.
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He has been accused of embezzlement, fraud and bribery over his career, but a tax-evasion case marked the first time he had been convicted of an offense.
Sir James explicitly rules out co-operation in foreign tax-evasion cases.
In 1931, mobster Al Capone was finally put behind bars because he was c onvicted of multiple tax-evasion charges, and the IRS is taking a similar approach with medical marijuana today.
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Some of this has been packaged as a way to fight terrorism or drugs and arms trafficking or corrupt politicians--not tax evasion.
Ministers should introduce rules requiring companies to publish financial information on a country-by-country basis to discourage cross-border tax evasion, the report said.
That is an example of high-end tax evasion but travel around the islands and other signs of tax avoidance are on display everyday.
The landmark ruling is a defining moment for Chief Justice Kapadia, who has guided the court through a tumultuous time in India since taking over in May 2010, asserting the court's role to oversee investigations into corruption and large-scale tax evasion.
Spending cuts, tax rises and pension reforms plus a high-profile campaign against tax evasion have put the public finances back on track to balance the budget next year and, with luck, to start paying down the colossal debt thereafter.
Under intense pressure from the EU and international market participants, the government adopted a medium-term austerity program that includes cutting government spending, decreasing tax evasion, reworking the health-care and pension systems, and reforming the labor and product markets.
The bank faces two criminal investigations into whether HSBC employees in Mexico were complicit in money-laundering and tax evasion.
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Banks have proved capable, in some degree, of stanching the flow of funds linked to terrorism, money-laundering or tax evasion.
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Mr. Lee was eventually cleared of the charges but found guilty of breach-of-trust and tax evasion in August and handed a suspended prison sentence.
In the weeks running up to the elections, the administration has been engaged in various anticorruption pushes, including investigations for draft-dodging and tax evasion.
After the four-hour summit, Mr Cameron will travel to Paris to meet French President Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace where co-operation on tax evasion and avoidance as well as tackling corporate secrecy will again be on the agenda.
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McDougal faces three counts of state income tax evasion and seven theft-related charges in the state case.
On Friday Germany signed a tax evasion treaty with Switzerland - another European banking centre known for its secrecy.
The rapper, who had been in protective custody because of his celebrity, has some time remaining on a 28-month sentence for tax evasion that ran concurrently.
Nicholas Spano pleaded guilty to tax evasion, receiving a one-year prison sentence.
It will provide a field day for tax evasion, with the self-employed tempted to incorporate themselves, and businesses splitting themselves to benefit.
The paper talks a good deal about the benefits of a unified pass-thru rule for anti-abuse and dealing with tax evasion and mischief.
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Household debt has doubled in the past five years, partly as a result of an explicit policy of encouraging the use of credit cards to cut down on cash-based transactions and fight tax evasion.
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Paolo later got his revenge when he helped prosecutors put his 80-year-old father behind bars for tax evasion.
Schneiderman announced earlier this month that New York was joining a groundbreaking, whistleblower-initiated case against Sprint-Nextel Corp. for sales tax evasion, brought under the amended New York False Claims Act.
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The former Portsmouth manager was heavily linked with the England job when Fabio Capello resigned in February after being cleared of any wrongdoing in his highly-publicized court case for alleged tax evasion, but the English Football Association instead opted to appoint Roy Hodgson in May.
Tax evasion is rarely out of the headlines - especially with so many indebted governments keen to hunt down every tax dollar that is due.
Additionally, defendant Iulo is charged with one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of tax evasion for failing to timely file 2005-2008 personal income tax returns.
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In its first two years, the government has pushed through an unemployment-benefit scheme, measures to reduce tax evasion, new labour rights, and laws liberalising capital and financial markets.
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