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The criminal complaint filed in U.S.A. v. Brandon Lee Price, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, Case No. 12-152 M, essentially claims that Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen was the target of an identity theft.  As reported at “Identity Thief Targets Billionaire Allen”, suspected identity thief Brandon Lee Price of Pittsburgh supposedly…

Todays “Asset Search News Roundup” mentions whistleblower programs:

  1. An Asset Search Via Whistleblowers & Other Tipsters comments on IRS and SEC efforts to sniff out fraudulently concealed assets with the help of reward programs.  Forbes’ March 2nd article IRS Whistleblowers See Little Reward, also describes these programs.  The article compares one to the other

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The Financial Action Task Force updates its standards and two politically exposed persons are criminally charged in the Turks and Caicos Islands¹:

  1. The Financial Action Task Force has revised its 40 Recommendations for fighting money laundering and terrorist financing.  A February 16th press release states these revisions include “[m]ore effective international cooperation including

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The February 6th “Asset Search News Roundup” concentrates on the possible abuse of attorney trust accounts:

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The Financial Action Task Force’s frequently asked questions webpage, states “Large-scale money laundering schemes invariably contain cross-border elements.”  Large-scale money launderers are not the only ones who hide assets by utilizing cross-border or offshore elements.  Divorcing spouses, judgment debtors and anyone else, may conceal valuable assets by combining offshore elements with additional ones.

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Individuals ranging from Nazi war criminals to tax fraudsters have long been known to secretly transfer assets by smuggling cash.  Today’s “Asset Search News Roundup” focuses on this smuggling.

  • The January 11, 1941 article “Confirms Nazi Money Hiding“, describes one Holocaust-era scheme in which Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering pocketed smuggled cash. 

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Investigating assets by issuing a letter rogatory—

  • A prosecutor investigating an alleged tax fraud originating in Italy, has issued a letter rogatory regarding Chiron Holding LLC of Delaware.  The letter rogatory demonstrates that the prosecutor and Italian Finance Police are analyzing if Chiron participated in a suspected scheme to illegally avoid €416,895,973 in capital

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