<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - evasion</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/evasion</link><description>Newsvine - evasion</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 1 Feb 2013 00:17:07 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:05:16 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Ex-NFL player gets 7-month sentence on tax charge</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former NFL defensive back was sentenced Thursday to seven months in prison for failing to file a federal income tax return for 2005, when he was a member of the New York Giants.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rema Rahman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rema Rahman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16794504-ex-nfl-player-gets-7-month-sentence-on-tax-charge</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16794504-ex-nfl-player-gets-7-month-sentence-on-tax-charge</guid><category>us</category><category>nfl</category><category>tax</category><category>player</category><category>new-york-giants</category><category>us-news</category><category>national-football-league</category><category>evasion</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:02:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Authorities: NY judge opens door to Swiss records</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal judge on Monday authorized the Internal Revenue Service to require UBS AG to produce records about U.S. taxpayers who may hold bank accounts in Switzerland to evade hundreds of millions in federal income taxes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16743104-authorities-ny-judge-opens-door-to-swiss-records</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16743104-authorities-ny-judge-opens-door-to-swiss-records</guid><category>switzerland</category><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>tax</category><category>internal-revenue-service</category><category>ubs-ag</category><category>us-news</category><category>evasion</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:37:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Swiss bank to pay $57.8M in US tax evasion plea</title>
<description><![CDATA[Switzerland's oldest bank became the first foreign bank to plead guilty in the United States to tax charges when it admitted Thursday that it helped American clients hide more than $1.2 billion from the Internal Revenue Service.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16327423-swiss-bank-to-pay-578m-in-us-tax-evasion-plea</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16327423-swiss-bank-to-pay-578m-in-us-tax-evasion-plea</guid><category>switzerland</category><category>us</category><category>tax</category><category>united-states</category><category>internal-revenue-service</category><category>world-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>evasion</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Jan 2013 18:11:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>German government fails to salvage Swiss tax deal</title>
<description><![CDATA[The German government has failed in an attempt to salvage a deal that was meant to end a long-running dispute with Switzerland over German tax cheats who hide money in Swiss banks.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15870113-german-government-fails-to-salvage-swiss-tax-deal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15870113-german-government-fails-to-salvage-swiss-tax-deal</guid><category>eu</category><category>tax</category><category>world-news</category><category>evasion</category><category>switzerland-germany</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:40:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>German government tries to salvage Swiss tax deal</title>
<description><![CDATA[The German government is launching a last-ditch effort to salvage a deal with Switzerland that aims to crack down on German tax cheats who hide money in Swiss banks.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15382506-german-government-tries-to-salvage-swiss-tax-deal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15382506-german-government-tries-to-salvage-swiss-tax-deal</guid><category>business</category><category>switzerland</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>tax</category><category>world-news</category><category>evasion</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:05:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>German prosecutors investigating Swiss bank</title>
<description><![CDATA[German prosecutors say they're investigating employees of the Swiss bank UBS's German subsidiary on suspicion they may have helped customers evade local taxes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15017180-german-prosecutors-investigating-swiss-bank</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15017180-german-prosecutors-investigating-swiss-bank</guid><category>business</category><category>switzerland</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>tax</category><category>evasion</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2012 10:05:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Swiss opponents of tax deals fail to gain support</title>
<description><![CDATA[Opponents of Switzerland's tax agreements with Germany, Austria and Britain have failed to gather enough signatures needed to hold three popular referendums that could have defeated the deals.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14182035-swiss-opponents-of-tax-deals-fail-to-gain-support</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14182035-swiss-opponents-of-tax-deals-fail-to-gain-support</guid><category>business</category><category>switzerland</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>tax</category><category>evasion</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Oct 2012 13:44:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Merkel challenger blasts German-Swiss tax deal</title>
<description><![CDATA[Switzerland's efforts to safeguard what remains of its banking secrecy came under fire Monday from the man who hopes to unseat Chancellor Angela Merkel in next year's German elections.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Jordans]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frank Jordans]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/01/14170261-merkel-challenger-blasts-german-swiss-tax-deal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/01/14170261-merkel-challenger-blasts-german-swiss-tax-deal</guid><category>switzerland</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>tax</category><category>world-news</category><category>chancellor-angela-merkel</category><category>evasion</category><category>tax-evasion</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Oct 2012 15:25:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7de9b207-11c0-4fa9-bca5-98012ce21085.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7de9b207-11c0-4fa9-bca5-98012ce21085.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Peer Steinbrueck designated Social Democratic Party, SPD, challenger of German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the national elections 2013 speaks to the media after the party's board officially nominated him as chancellor candidate in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Swiss bank employee arrested in data theft case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Swiss private bank Julius Baer says a Zurich-based employee has been arrested on suspicion of stealing confidential client information that was later passed to German tax investigators.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/26/13488202-swiss-bank-employee-arrested-in-data-theft-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/26/13488202-swiss-bank-employee-arrested-in-data-theft-case</guid><category>business</category><category>switzerland</category><category>eu</category><category>tax</category><category>evasion</category><category>julius-baer</category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:51:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>German state to continue buying data on tax cheats</title>
<description><![CDATA[Germany's western state of North Rhine-Westphalia says it will continue to buy information on potential tax cheats with money hidden in Swiss bank accounts.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/09/13197706-german-state-to-continue-buying-data-on-tax-cheats</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/09/13197706-german-state-to-continue-buying-data-on-tax-cheats</guid><category>switzerland</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>tax</category><category>world-news</category><category>evasion</category><category>north-rhine-westphalia</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Aug 2012 11:34:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Reports: German tax agents target Coutts clients</title>
<description><![CDATA[German tax authorities have purchased confidential information about clients of British private bank Coutts to check if they were hiding money in Switzerland, German media reported Saturday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/14/12737488-reports-german-tax-agents-target-coutts-clients</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/14/12737488-reports-german-tax-agents-target-coutts-clients</guid><category>switzerland</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>tax</category><category>world-news</category><category>evasion</category><category>tax-evasion</category><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:52:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ex-Eagle, Giant admits failing to file tax returns</title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal prosecutors in New Jersey say a former New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles player has admitted he intentionally failed to file federal income tax returns for several years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/23/11836598-ex-eagle-giant-admits-failing-to-file-tax-returns</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/23/11836598-ex-eagle-giant-admits-failing-to-file-tax-returns</guid><category>us</category><category>nfl</category><category>tax</category><category>player</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>new-york-giants</category><category>philadelphia-eagles</category><category>us-news</category><category>evasion</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 22:37:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Swiss grant Britain same tax deal as Germany</title>
<description><![CDATA[Switzerland has agreed to increase the charge it levies on British taxpayers' Swiss bank accounts after London demanded the same treatment as Germany.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11307348-swiss-grant-britain-same-tax-deal-as-germany</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11307348-swiss-grant-britain-same-tax-deal-as-germany</guid><category>switzerland</category><category>eu</category><category>britain</category><category>tax</category><category>world-news</category><category>evasion</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:26:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lawmaker gets jail, probation for tax evasion</title>
<description><![CDATA[The father of Colorado's Taxpayers' Bill of Rights was sentenced Monday to 180 days in jail and six years of probation for evading state taxes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristen Wyatt]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kristen Wyatt]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/13/10399657-lawmaker-gets-jail-probation-for-tax-evasion</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/13/10399657-lawmaker-gets-jail-probation-for-tax-evasion</guid><category>us</category><category>tax</category><category>lawmaker</category><category>us-news</category><category>evasion</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:46:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>US tax office seeks info on Credit Suisse clients</title>
<description><![CDATA[Credit Suisse Group says U.S. tax authorities have demanded details on some of the Swiss bank's American clients.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/07/8696871-us-tax-office-seeks-info-on-credit-suisse-clients</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/07/8696871-us-tax-office-seeks-info-on-credit-suisse-clients</guid><category>business</category><category>switzerland</category><category>eu</category><category>tax</category><category>credit-suisse</category><category>credit-suisse-group</category><category>evasion</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Nov 2011 00:13:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>4 more Credit Suisse bankers charged in tax case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal prosecutors in Virginia have charged four more bankers with Zurich-based Credit Suisse Group with conspiracy in what they say was a long-running scheme to help U.S. taxpayers hide as much as $4 billion in assets.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Gresko]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jessica Gresko]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/21/7137411-4-more-credit-suisse-bankers-charged-in-tax-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/21/7137411-4-more-credit-suisse-bankers-charged-in-tax-case</guid><category>us</category><category>tax</category><category>politics</category><category>banks</category><category>swiss</category><category>evasion</category><category>zurich-based-credit-suisse-group</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:13:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>4 Credit Suisse bankers charged in tax case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Four bankers with Zurich-based Credit Suisse Group were indicted Wednesday on conspiracy charges, accused of helping U.S. taxpayers hide as much as $3 billion in assets from the IRS.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Barakat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matthew Barakat]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/23/6116863-4-credit-suisse-bankers-charged-in-tax-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/23/6116863-4-credit-suisse-bankers-charged-in-tax-case</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>tax</category><category>banks</category><category>swiss</category><category>us-news</category><category>swiss-banks</category><category>evasion</category><category>switzerland-based-credit-suisse-group</category><category>zurich-based-credit-suisse-group</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:08:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>2 men get 4 years in prison for $240M tax scheme</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two Seattle-area men were sentenced Friday to four years in prison for concocting a bogus tax shelter to help a Hollywood mogul, the owner of the New York Jets and other wealthy clients avoid paying $240 million in payments.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gene Johnson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gene Johnson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/28/5942619-2-men-get-4-years-in-prison-for-240m-tax-scheme</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/28/5942619-2-men-get-4-years-in-prison-for-240m-tax-scheme</guid><category>us</category><category>tax</category><category>new-york-jets</category><category>us-news</category><category>evasion</category><category>tax-evasion</category><category>two-seattle-area</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:37:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Feds: Individuals claimed church label in tax scam</title>
<description><![CDATA[A painter, musician and a nurse are among dozens of private individuals encouraged by a North Carolina man to dodge taxes by declaring themselves to be churches, federal prosecutors said Friday in a court filing that seeks to shut down the scheme.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Baker]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Baker]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/14/5841153-feds-individuals-claimed-church-label-in-tax-scam</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/14/5841153-feds-individuals-claimed-church-label-in-tax-scam</guid><category>tax</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>religious</category><category>us-news</category><category>evasion</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:51:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Top Swiss banker says US relation on mend post-UBS</title>
<description><![CDATA[A top Swiss banking spokesman says relations with the United States are on the mend just weeks after the Internal Revenue Service ended its legal action against Swiss bank UBS AG.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/01/5560867-top-swiss-banker-says-us-relation-on-mend-post-ubs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/01/5560867-top-swiss-banker-says-us-relation-on-mend-post-ubs</guid><category>switzerland</category><category>eu</category><category>tax</category><category>united-states</category><category>internal-revenue-service</category><category>ubs-ag</category><category>world-news</category><category>evasion</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Dec 2010 16:39:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Wealthy hotel developers convicted on tax charges</title>
<description><![CDATA[A father and son who developed hotels in New York and Florida have been convicted on federal tax charges in Fort Lauderdale.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/06/5245706-wealthy-hotel-developers-convicted-on-tax-charges</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/06/5245706-wealthy-hotel-developers-convicted-on-tax-charges</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>tax</category><category>fort-lauderdale</category><category>us-news</category><category>evasion</category><category>developers</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Oct 2010 23:07:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>2 plead guilty in Wash. to massive tax scheme</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two Seattle-area men pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges stemming from an illegal tax shelter that enabled wealthy clients &#8212; including philanthropist Robert Wood Johnson IV and Hollywood mogul Haim Saban &#8212; to avoid paying taxes on $1.3 billion in capital gains.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gene Johnson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gene Johnson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/10/5087978-2-plead-guilty-in-wash-to-massive-tax-scheme</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/10/5087978-2-plead-guilty-in-wash-to-massive-tax-scheme</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>tax</category><category>us-news</category><category>evasion</category><category>tax-evasion</category><category>robert-wood-johnson-iv</category><category>two-seattle-area</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:22:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>APNewsBreak: Skakel att'y to cop to Conn. tax plea</title>
<description><![CDATA[A celebrity attorney who represented Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel in his murder trial has agreed to plead guilty to failing to pay almost $400,000 in taxes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Christoffersen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Christoffersen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/29/4583975-apnewsbreak-skakel-atty-to-cop-to-conn-tax-plea</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/29/4583975-apnewsbreak-skakel-atty-to-cop-to-conn-tax-plea</guid><category>us</category><category>tax</category><category>attorney</category><category>us-news</category><category>evasion</category><category>michael-skakel</category><category>skakel</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:47:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Method Man pleads guilty to NYC tax-evasion charge</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hip-hop star Method Man pleaded guilty to a tax-evasion charge Monday, writing a check on the spot for the final $40,000 restitution payment after owing about $106,000.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colleen Long]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colleen Long]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/28/4576707-method-man-pleads-guilty-to-nyc-tax-evasion-charge</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/28/4576707-method-man-pleads-guilty-to-nyc-tax-evasion-charge</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>us-news</category><category>evasion</category><category>tax-evasion</category><category>method-man</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:15:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Swiss parliament clears way for US tax deal</title>
<description><![CDATA[Swiss lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to a treaty with the United States that will hand Washington thousands of files on suspected tax cheats, agreeing to drop plans to allow a referendum on the issue.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliane Engeler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eliane Engeler]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/14/4507257-swiss-parliament-clears-way-for-us-tax-deal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/14/4507257-swiss-parliament-clears-way-for-us-tax-deal</guid><category>business</category><category>switzerland</category><category>eu</category><category>tax</category><category>ubs</category><category>united-states</category><category>evasion</category><category>tax-evasion</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:40:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2aefddf0-2c79-406d-9806-ac4e1d8a364f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="205" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2aefddf0-2c79-406d-9806-ac4e1d8a364f.jpg" width="120" height="62" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE- In this file photo dated Monday Oct. 1, 2007, showing a logo of global financial services company UBS in central London.  Switzerland's government efforts to calm a banking crisis while keeping its treasured banking secrecy rules, hit a major setback Tuesday June 8, 2010,  as nationalist and left-wing lawmakers blocked a treaty with the United States that would have allowed Swiss bank UBS to hand over some thousands of files on its American clients, as demanded by U.S. tax authorities.(AP Photo/Akira Suemori)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/301f2dae-e49a-4ba0-9b4d-24b500f06fa7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/301f2dae-e49a-4ba0-9b4d-24b500f06fa7.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Swiss Federal Councillor Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police,speaks during the  debate on a deal with the United States that enables the handover of data on thousands of customers of the Swiss bank UBS, at the National Council in Bern, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Parliamentarians on Tuesday voted 81 to 61 (53 abstentions) in favour of the controversial settlement deal on sharing banking data that was signed last August between the US and Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone/Lukas Lehmann)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/98bf265a-ee27-4ac0-b84d-034c385650d2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/98bf265a-ee27-4ac0-b84d-034c385650d2.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A board shows the results of the vote on a deal with the United States that enables the handover of data on thousands of customers of the Swiss bank UBS, at the National Council in Bern, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Parliamentarians on Tuesday voted 81 to 61 (53 abstentions) in favour of the controversial settlement deal on sharing banking data that was signed last August between the US and Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone/Lukas Lehmann)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d260e001-88e2-4781-9693-87caa521491a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d260e001-88e2-4781-9693-87caa521491a.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A board shows the results of the vote on a deal with the United States that enables the handover of data on thousands of customers of the Swiss bank UBS, at the National Council in Bern, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Parliamentarians on Tuesday voted 81 to 61 (53 abstentions) in favour of the controversial settlement deal on sharing banking data that was signed last August between the US and Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone/Lukas Lehmann)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>