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Probe Says: IRS, Major Banks Helped Offshore Hedge Funds Avoid Billions in Taxes

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A year-long probe launched by a U.S. Senate Committee has discovered that numerous Wall Street banks have assisted offshore hedge funds in evading millions of dollars in U.S. taxes.  The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has concluded […]

Lehman, UBS Among Firms Involved in Tax Dodge, U.S. Probe Says

Bloomberg – Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., UBS AG and Merrill Lynch & Co. are among Wall Street firms that concocted derivatives and stock-loan deals to help offshore hedge funds dodge hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. taxes, according to […]