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Criminal

Nov. 23, 2010

IRS Crackdown Nabs Tax Evaders

The Internal Revenue Service is pursuing offshore tax evaders, including those who held money in Swiss bank accounts.


By Brandon Ortiz


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Two Californians have been ensnared in the federal government's crackdown on offshore tax evaders.


San Diego business consultant Jeffrey Chatfield pleaded guilty last week to charges related to filing a false income tax return in 2003 that omitted $900,000 in untaxed income deposited into a UBS AG bank account in Switzerland.


Meanwhile, a federal grand jury indicted business owner Berna...

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