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

  1. November 01, 2024

    Danish Tax Agency To Settle With Atty In $2.1B Tax Fraud Suit

    Denmark's tax authority has agreed to settle with an attorney whom it has accused of helping clients claim fraudulent tax refunds in a sprawling $2.1 billion case, according to a letter by its attorney in New York federal court.

  2. August 30, 2024

    Danish Gov't Pledges No Ponzi Analogies At $2.1B Tax Trial

    The Danish tax authority won't compare pension funds, investors and attorneys it has accused of defrauding Denmark in a $2.1 billion tax refund scheme to a Ponzi scheme or infamous perpetrator Bernie Madoff, it said Friday in New York federal court.

  3. August 28, 2024

    Atty Can't Escape Danish Tax Agency's $2.1B Tax Fraud Suit

    An attorney in a $2.1 billion tax fraud case brought by the Danish tax authority cannot argue that a suit filed against him as an individual should be dismissed because it was filed late, a New York federal court ruled.

  4. August 19, 2024

    Danish Gov't Wants Evidence Excluded In $2B Tax Fraud Case

    A New York federal court should exclude some evidence presented by U.S. pension plans accused in what the Danish tax agency is calling a $2.1 billion tax fraud scheme, the agency said.

  5. August 12, 2024

    2 Experts OK'd For Danish Tax Agency In $2.1B Fraud Case

    Two experts will be allowed to testify in support of a suit by Denmark's tax agency accusing U.S. pension plans of participating in a $2.1 billion tax refund fraud scheme, a New York federal district court said, overruling the pension plans' objections.

  6. August 07, 2024

    Pension Plans' Expert Testimony Limited In $2B Tax Fraud Suit

    A New York federal court decided to exclude portions of an expert's testimony on behalf of pension plans that are accused of seeking to defraud Denmark's tax agency in a $2.1 billion tax refund fraud scheme.

  7. August 05, 2024

    Pension Plan Testimony Barred In $2B Danish Tax Fraud Case

    U.S. pension plans have proposed irrelevant expert testimony in response to allegations of their participation in a $2.1 billion Danish tax fraud scheme, a New York federal judge ruled in excluding the testimony but leaving room to try again.

  8. July 26, 2024

    Denmark Says Pension Plans Misread Law In $2B Fraud Case

    U.S. pension plans accused by Denmark's tax agency of participating in a $2.1 billion fraud scheme involving withholding tax refunds are misconstruing Danish law as it applies to the ownership of shares, the agency told a New York federal court.

  9. July 22, 2024

    Pension Plans Slam Biz Docs In $2B Danish Tax Fraud Case

    Denmark's tax agency has produced experts who are relying on unauthenticated documents in litigation accusing U.S. pension plans of participating in a $2.1 billion fraud scheme, the pension plans claimed in urging a New York federal court to exclude the testimony.

  10. July 19, 2024

    Attorney Denied Separate Trial In $2.1B Danish Tax Fraud

    An attorney facing trial alongside his clients for alleged ties to a $2.1 billion Danish tax fraud has been denied a separate hearing by a New York federal court, which remained unconvinced that his co-workers' advice to the clients could rebound on him prejudicially in a joint trial.