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

  1. January 29, 2021

    Denmark Settles Dispute With Pension Plan In Tax Row

    A New York federal judge approved the dismissal Friday of a dispute between Denmark's tax authority and a pension plan over what the country claimed were fraudulent tax refund claims.

  2. December 22, 2020

    Pension Plan Can't Dodge $2B Danish Tax Suit, Court Says

    A U.S. pension plan must continue to defend itself against allegations that it sought to defraud Denmark's tax agency of $2.1 billion in tax refunds after a New York federal court rejected its motion to dismiss it from the case.

  3. December 03, 2020

    Judge Frees 1 Of Several Defendants In $2.1B Danish Tax Row

    A Manhattan federal judge dismissed one defendant in the $2.1 billion tax refund fraud suit brought by Denmark's tax authority against pension funds while declining to dismiss several other defendants.

  4. November 25, 2020

    Danish Gov't Fires Back At Bid To Toss $2.1B Tax Fraud Suit

    Denmark's government urged a Manhattan federal judge not to toss its enhanced $2.1 billion tax refund fraud suit, arguing the claims are timely and that counterclaims should be rejected on the same grounds the court denied an initial dismissal bid.

  5. July 15, 2020

    Court Tosses Broker's Counterclaims In $2B Danish Tax Row

    A Manhattan federal court dismissed indemnification counterclaims against three groups of U.S. pension plans in a $2.1 billion tax refund fraud suit filed by Denmark's tax authority, saying the broker-dealer behind the claims acted hastily.

  6. January 24, 2020

    US Pension Plan's Counterclaims Fail In $2B Danish Tax Suit

    A U.S. pension plan accused of taking part in a scheme to defraud Danish authorities of $2.1 billion in tax refunds has lost its bid to make a New York federal court's decisions in the case binding worldwide.

  7. December 09, 2019

    UK Broker Renews Bid To Escape $2B Danish Tax Fraud Suit

    A U.K.-registered brokerage has again asked a Manhattan federal court to excuse it from a lawsuit over the firm's alleged involvement in an international scheme to bilk Denmark's tax authority of more than $2 billion.

  8. November 06, 2019

    Pension Plans Say Custodian Must Pay $13.7M Danish Tax Bill

    A British brokerage firm that sent false tax statements to two U.S. pension plans should be liable to pay the resulting $13.7 million tax bill owed to Denmark, the plans have told a New York federal court.

  9. September 11, 2019

    Danish Tax Office Contradicts Itself In $2.8B Fight, Court Told

    Denmark's tax authority makes contradictory arguments in attempting to dodge counterclaims by Utah pension plans in the agency's suit alleging that the plans and others fraudulently obtained $2.8 billion in tax refunds, the plans told a New York federal court.

  10. August 20, 2019

    Denmark Can't Be Countersued In $2.8B Tax Fight, Court Told

    A group of U.S. pension plans targeted by the Danish tax authority in a $2.8 billion refund suit cannot countersue the authority for denying tax refund applications, the agency has told a New York federal court.