Former U.S. Taxpayer Pleads Guilty in Panama Papers Investigation

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As I told many times to many people (and will continue doing that), I will repeat it once again - think twice before doing any tax evasion. Your shingle might catch you even after a decade!

Be smart and optimize it.

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A former U.S. resident and taxpayer who was charged along with three others in connection with a decades-long criminal scheme perpetrated by Mossack Fonseca & Co. (Mossack Fonseca), a Panamanian-based global law firm, and its related entities, pleaded guilty today to wire and tax fraud, money laundering, false statements and other charges.
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Former U.S. Taxpayer Pleads Guilty in Panama Papers Investigation

A former U.S. resident and taxpayer who was charged along with three others in connection with a decades-long criminal scheme perpetrated by Mossack Fonseca & Co. (Mossack Fonseca), a Panamanian-based global law firm, and its related entities, pleaded guilty today to wire and tax fraud, money...

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yeah we're talking about decades of tax evasion here...

I always tell people two things depending on the continent they're from: 1) don't play with EU VAT 2) don't play with Uncle Sam.
And always point them to Al Capone - Wikipedia
the guy killed dozens of people and the court couldn't find any proof of it to jail him, yet he was easily jailed for tax evasion.
And this was 100 years ago without all of today's technology.