Bond Is Set at $25 Million in KPMG Tax Shelter Case

Bond Is Set at $25 Million in KPMG Tax Shelter Case - New York Times

不正なタックス・シェルターを売っていたとしてＫＰＭＧの元パートナーらが訴えられている裁判で、ある元パートナーの保釈金が２５００万ドルに設定されたという記事。個人資産でまかなうほか、家族の不動産を担保に入れるそうです。

Mr. Greenberg, among the most hard-charging and highest-earning members of the KPMG group, headed a tax practice called Stratecon out of KPMG's Los Angeles office that sold aggressive shelters in the late 1990's. KPMG itself avoided criminal indictment in August by reaching a $456 million deferred prosecution agreement.

ＫＰＭＧ自体は４億５６００万ドルを支払って起訴猶予になっています。

Prosecutors have said Mr. Greenberg planned to use the money in the Laura Adams partnership, at least $15 million, to finance a life as a fugitive abroad.

検察側は、被告が海外逃亡資金として１５００万ドル使う計画だったといっています。

"I continue to have a good deal of concern that I'm playing poker here," the judge said in granting bail. "This is an extremely skilled individual who has spent his whole life trying to figure out how to hide the pea."

判事からも、「被告はカネを隠す方法を考えることに熟達した人物である」と皮肉を言われています。