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10 more charged in KPMG tax fraud case

Ten more people have been charged with criminal offences in the KPMG tax shelter case, US prosecutors announced yesterday.

Prosecutors also revealed that the range of alleged offences had been expanded from conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service to tax evasion.

KPMG's US business admitted in August it helped wealthy individuals to evade tax by selling them "fraudulent" tax avoidance schemes between 1996 and 2002.

Seven former KPMG partners, and a former tax manager at the big accounting firm, were charged in August with conspiracy to defraud the IRS. A former partner at a law firm that allegedly assisted KPMG with the tax shelters was also charged.

Prosecutors yesterday released a revised indictment that charged 19 people with offences.

Nine additional former KPMG partners were named in the indictment, together with an executive at a financial services firm that allegedly assisted with the tax shelters.

Michael Garcia, US attorney for the southern district of New York, whose office has led the investigation into KPMG's tax shelters, described the case as a "massive fraud".

"This was an orchestrated case of deliberate tax evasion, and not legitimate tax planning," he said.

All 16 former KPMG partners named in the indictment - who include Jeffrey Stein, former deputy head of its US business - were charged with conspiracy to defraud the IRS and tax evasion.

Three of the 16 were also charged with obstructing the IRS investigation into the tax shelters. A further three, and the former KPMG tax manager, were charged with personal tax evasion.

KPMG's US business said last night that the revised indictment did not involve any of its current personnel, and that it would be inappropriate to comment on individuals under investigation by the justice department.

译文:
    美国检察官昨天宣布，又有10人因参与毕马威(KPMG)避税产品案件而遭刑事指控。
检察官还披露，被告涉嫌的罪行范围，已从共谋欺骗美国税务局(Internal Revenue Service)扩大到逃税。
毕马威美国公司8月份承认，在1996年至2002年间曾向富人出售“欺诈性”避税计划，以帮助他们逃税。
8月份，毕马威的7名前合伙人，以及这家大型会计师事务所的一位前税务经理被控合谋欺骗美国税务局。在避税产品方面涉嫌为毕马威提供帮助的一位法律事务所前合伙人也受到指控。
检察官昨天公布了一份修改过的诉状，指控19人犯罪。
这份诉状的诉讼对象增加了毕马威的9名前合伙人，另外还有一家金融服务公司的一名高管也受到了指控，此人涉嫌在避税产品方面帮助了毕马威。
美国纽约南区检察官迈克尔·加西亚(Michael Garcia)称该案件为“大规模欺诈”。他的办公室领导了对毕马威避税案件的调查。
他表示：“这是一桩有组织的蓄意逃税案件，并非合法的税务规划。”
起诉书中提及的所有16名毕马威前合伙人，都被控合谋欺骗美国税务局及逃税，这些人中包括毕马威美国公司前副董事长杰弗里·斯坦(Jeffrey Stein)。
这16人中，有3人还被指控妨碍美国税务局调查毕马威避税产品案件。另有3人及毕马威前税务经理被控逃避个人税收。
毕马威美国公司昨晚表示，修改后的诉状未涉及公司任何现有成员，并表示，对正受司法部门调查的个人进行评论是不合适的。