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

  1. 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.

  2. June 27, 2024

    $2.1B Danish Tax Fraud Suspect Won't Testify, Court Says

    A New York federal court denied dueling requests from U.S. pension plan investors accused of participating in a $2.1 billion Danish tax fraud scheme and from Denmark's tax agency to bring in the man that both sides say masterminded the scheme, or to bring in one of his employees.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

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