In Re: Customs and Tax Administration of the Kingdom of Denmark (Skatteforvaltningen) Tax Refund Scheme Litigation

  1. June 28, 2022

    Denmark Asks Court To Keep $2.1B US Pension Tax Fraud Suit

    Several U.S. pension plans shouldn't be allowed to escape a suit from Denmark's tax agency claiming they committed a $2.1 billion fraud, the agency told a New York federal court, arguing the case doesn't impermissibly implicate foreign tax laws.

  2. June 15, 2022

    Pension Plans Assail Denmark's Bid For Win In $2B Tax Case

    Several U.S. pension plans urged a New York federal court Wednesday to reject the Danish tax agency's bid for victory without trial in its $2.1 billion fraud case, arguing it would require the court to impermissibly enforce foreign laws.

  3. May 13, 2022

    Pension Plans Seek Dismissal Against Denmark's Tax Agency

    A New York federal court should dismiss the Danish government's lawsuit against several U.S. pension plans accused of participating in a $2.1 billion fraud because the transactions at issue were lawful, the groups told the court.

  4. April 14, 2022

    Denmark Settles Claims With 2 Plans In $2B Fraud Suit

    Denmark's tax authority has resolved claims against two pension plans in its litigation to recover $2.1 billion from U.S. pension plans for alleged tax refund fraud known as cum-ex, according to filings in a New York federal court.

  5. December 22, 2021

    Plan Adviser Agrees To $25M Judgment In Danish Tax Row

    The Danish tax authority has resolved claims against an investment adviser named in its suit to recover $2.1 billion from U.S. pension plans, with the adviser agreeing to pay $24.9 million, according to filings in New York federal court Wednesday.

  6. December 07, 2021

    NY Court Compels Disclosures In Denmark's $2.1B Tax Case

    A New York federal court has compelled two defendants in a $2.1 billion tax refund dispute with Denmark's tax authority to provide documents relevant to 44 cases brought by the tax agency.

  7. November 24, 2021

    Denmark Urges Compelled Disclosure In $2.1B Tax Case

    A federal court must compel two defendants in a $2.1 billion tax refund dispute with Denmark's tax authority to surrender documents on refund requests made to other tax authorities because they're relevant in the Danish case, the tax agency said.  

  8. October 27, 2021

    Denmark Says New Witness Needed In $2.1B Tax Suit

    Denmark's tax authority asked a federal court to depose a new witness from a pension plan's broker-custodian, who it says issued fake tax vouchers, after the first wasn't prepared to answer questions related to the nation's $2.1 billion suit.

  9. September 07, 2021

    Denmark Says It Can Prove Shares In $2.1B Tax Suit Don't Exist

    The Danish tax authority, embroiled in a suit against U.S. pension plans to recover $2.1 billion, told a New York federal court it can prove the overwhelming majority of shares underpinning the plans' tax refund claims don't exist. 

  10. August 04, 2021

    Releases In Denmark's $2B Tax Case Not Waivers, Judge Says

    Disclosures that were ordered as part of the Danish tax authority's case over $2.1 billion in fraud claims against American pension plans aren't waivers of any privilege, a New York federal judge ruled Wednesday.