{"id":90533,"date":"2020-10-15T22:02:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T19:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/feds-charge-tech-mogul-robert-brockman-with-tax-securities-fraud\/"},"modified":"2020-10-15T22:02:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T19:02:15","slug":"feds-charge-tech-mogul-robert-brockman-with-tax-securities-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/feds-charge-tech-mogul-robert-brockman-with-tax-securities-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"#Feds charge tech mogul Robert Brockman with tax, securities fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Feds charge tech mogul Robert Brockman with tax, securities fraud<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/robert-brockman-tax-indictment-e1602788370994.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                        Federal prosecutors said Thursday they had charged Houston-based <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> executive Robert Brockman with hiding $2 billion in income from the IRS over 20 years, in the biggest tax fraud case against an individual in US history.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the US Attorney for the Northern District of California announced he had struck a non-prosecution agreement with Robert Smith, the billionaire chief executive of Vista Equity Partners, in exchange for his help in securing the charges against Brockman.<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference, US Attorney David L. Anderson said Brockman used various offshore entities in Bermuda and Nevis to evade taxes.<\/p>\n<p>He said Brockman also bought and sold debt securities in his own company, \u201cbreaking a promise to investors that he would not buy or sell his own company\u2019s debt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anderson said Smith, who famously announced at last year\u2019s Morehouse College commencement that he would pay off the college debt of 2019 graduates, accepted responsibility for his own crimes in the scheme.<\/p>\n<p>He will pay $139 million in taxes and penalties, and will abandon a $182 protective refund claim and pay interest as part of the deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough Smith willfully and knowingly violated the law, Smith has accepted responsibility and agreed to provide complete and fruitful cooperation,\u201d Anderson said.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/15\/feds-charge-tech-mogul-robert-brockman-with-tax-securities-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Feds charge tech mogul Robert Brockman with tax, securities fraud&#8221; Federal prosecutors said Thursday they had charged Houston-based technology executive Robert Brockman with hiding $2 billion in income from the IRS over 20 years, in the biggest tax fraud case against an individual in US history. 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