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UN ‘deeply troubled’ over arbitrary detention of Vietnam environmental activist

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Hong’s detention is the fith in a series of alleged tax evasion cases that Vietnamese authorities have brought against environmental human rights defenders in the region. ” Robertson went on to call Vietnamese authorities’ actions an “arbitrary persecution,” alongside the hashtag “#FreeHoangHong.”

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Federal judge authorizes IRS tax evasion inquiry involving offshore legal services

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Specifically, the order authorizes the IRS to trace courier deliveries and electronic fund transfers (EFTs) of the POLS group to identify its US taxpayer clients that have used POLS group services to “create or control foreign assets and entities” to escape their US federal tax obligations.

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Hunter Biden sues Rudy Giuliani for accessing hard drive

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Costello boasted about going through Biden’s laptop to New York Magazine. The complaint alleges violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ( 18 USC 1030 ) which prohibits “intentionally accessing a computer without authorized access.” ” Biden requests a jury trial and seeks both general and punitive damages.

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Justices to hear major tax case

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Share The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Tuesday in a challenge to the constitutionality of a provision of a 2017 corporate tax reform law. A Washington State couple went to court to challenge the law after it increased their tax bill by a one-time payment of roughly $15,000. Until 2017, nothing in U.S. shareholders.

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Federal jury convicts Harvard professor of concealing ties to Chinese university

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The former chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department was found guilty by a federal jury Tuesday of lying to authorities about his connections to China and one of its universities, according to a press release from the Department of Justice (DOJ). Leiber was indicted on these charges in June 2020.

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Sri Lanka Supreme Court rules government officials breached public trust in management of the economy

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The court emphasized that the authorities should have been aware of and taken measures to address issues that negatively impacted the economy instead of exacerbating them. Years of high spending and a declining tax base have led to large budget deficits and debt levels.

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Kazakhstan dispatch: new law is designed to repatriate assets illegally hidden abroad

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On July 12, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan ‘On the return of illegally acquired assets to the state’ , and amendments were also adopted to the Code of Administrative Offenses, the Tax Code and the Law on the Prosecutor’s Office.

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