In the News & Around the Blogosphere

James Glanz, C.J. Chivers, & William Rashbaum, NYTimes, Inquiry on Graft in Iraq Focuses on U.S. Officers

Lynnley Browning, NYTimes, U.S. Seeks New Powers to Fight Tax Evasion

The Crime Report, Nearly $4 Billion For Criminal Justice In Stimulus Package (w/ a hat tip to Ted Gest)

DOJ Press Release, Accounting Firm Attorney Pleads Guilty to Tax Fruad Related to Tax Shelters Claiming Over One Billion Dollars of Fraudulent Tax Losses (the plea calls for a plea to one count of conspiracy under 371 and count two of tax under 7201 - it calls for cooperation)

Tricia Bishop, Baltimore Sun, White-collar defendants are given some slack in reporting to federal prison (w/ a hat tip to Bill Olis)

Leo Strupczewski, Legal Intelligencer, law.com, Pa. Judges Plead Guilty in Cash-for-Kids Corruption Scandal

Pamela A. MacLean, NLJ, law.com, Next wave in Madoff mess: tax troubles

Mary Spicuzza, AssetForfeitureWatch.com, Contractor's plea in bribery case
leads to forfeiture and prison time

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