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

  1. June 25, 2024

    Pension Plans Can't Escape $2B Danish Tax Fraud Dispute

    Two U.S. pension plans made an "extremely strained" contention that Denmark's tax administrator waited too long to accuse them of participating in a $2.1 billion fraud scheme, a New York federal judge said in declining to toss the case.

  2. June 17, 2024

    $2.1B Danish Tax Fraud Defendant Pushes For Separate Trials

    An attorney facing trial alongside his clients on allegations of filing $2.1 billion in fraudulent tax refund claims in Denmark urged a New York federal court to hear his case separately, saying disparate legal arguments could confuse a jury if only one trial is held.

  3. June 03, 2024

    Danish Tax Agency Says $2.1B Tax Fraud Suits Not Filed Late

    Denmark's tax administrator urged a New York federal court to reject bids to toss its suits against U.S. pension plans and individuals it accuses of participating in a $2.1 billion fraud scheme, saying the suits were not filed too late.

  4. May 09, 2024

    Pension Plans Want Witness Stopped In $2B Danish Dispute

    U.S. pension plans accused by Denmark's tax authority of committing $2.1 billion in fraud against the European country by taking illegal refunds on dividends asked a New York federal court to reject the authority's request to depose a witness who pled guilty in Denmark.

  5. August 24, 2022

    Denmark Can Depose Witness In $2B Cum-Ex Fraud Dispute

    Denmark's tax authority can depose a witness in a $2.1 billion so-called cum-ex fraud dispute even though the deadline for discovery ended months ago, a New York federal court ruled.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.