A French attorney for years had been hounding her client’s stepson, accusing him of stealing her client’s inheritance, which triggered a criminal investigation into his tax reporting of various trusts. The stepson was acquitted of fraud, but the attorney is now in hot water for not reporting the $5 million her client paid her for her efforts. She has been found guilty of aggravated tax fraud and money laundering for her attempt to hide that money, on which she now owes $170,000 in income tax, $135,000 in wealth tax, and $800,000 in fines. (www.artnews.com/art-news/news/claude-dumont-beghi-1234613490/)
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