{"id":14684,"date":"2014-02-10T17:01:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T16:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/?p=14684"},"modified":"2014-02-10T19:50:03","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T18:50:03","slug":"peter-amrein-a-swiss-asset-manager-on-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/peter-amrein-a-swiss-asset-manager-on-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"For the First Time, Swiss Asset Manager Charged with Hiding US Taxpayers&#8217; Assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Amrein, a Swiss asset manager, indicted on charges that he assisted U.S. taxpayers in evading millions of dollars in taxes owed by hiding money in offshore trusts at multiple Swiss <span class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\"><span class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\">banks<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Offshore companies and trustees enable money laundering and tax evasion, according to the US senate hearings <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frank-cs.org\/cms\/modules\/news\/article.php?storyid=882\" target=\"_blank\">2006<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frank-cs.org\/cms\/modules\/news\/article.php?storyid=887\" target=\"_blank\">2008<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frank-cs.org\/cms\/modules\/news\/article.php?storyid=889\" target=\"_blank\">2009<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Amrein&#8221; case clearly demonstrates the the use of sham &#8220;foundations&#8221;, \u00a0and other entities formed in countries such as Liechtenstein, to conceal taxable assets from the IRS. \u00a0Reported by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frank-cs.org\" target=\"_blank\">Andreas Frank<\/a><\/strong> for w-t-w.org.<br \/>\n<b><i>Download: <\/i><\/b><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/US_Amrein_Indictment_6.2.14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">US Amrein Indictment 6.2.14<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/swiss-asset-manager-charged-in-offshore-tax-fraud-case\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Amrein, a Swiss asset manager<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14688\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/peter-amrein-a-swiss-asset-manager-on-charge\/die-berge-der-schweiz\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14688\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14688\" alt=\"www.koufogiorgos.de\" src=\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Die-Berge-der-Schweiz-300x217.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Die-Berge-der-Schweiz-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Die-Berge-der-Schweiz-413x300.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Die-Berge-der-Schweiz.jpg 506w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">www.koufogiorgos.de<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Amrein, a Swiss asset manager, indicted on charges that he assisted U.S. taxpayers in evading millions of dollars in taxes owed by hiding money in offshore trusts at multiple Swiss banks. 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