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Friday, June 1, 2007

Plano man charged with tax fraud conspiracy

Robert Coplan was heading up a special tax shelter program of Ernst & Young's called VIPER.

The VIPER division's tactics may have finally run afoul of the law

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The VIPER division's tactics may have finally run afoul of the law

— According to this story in the Dallas Business Journal, it appears a 61 year-old Plano man and former Ernst & Young employee is being charged with tax fraud by the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York.

Robert Coplan, along with three other employees, headed up a special division of Ernst & Young's VIPER program, created to give wealthy patrons tax shelters. The program was designed for customers worth in excess of $10 million to avoid or eliminate their tax debt. The four men are accused of destroying documents and making false statements to the IRS.

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Sanders Kaufman, says:

Another Libertarian/Republican bites the dust!

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terryorze, says:

E & Y is a partnership. Why can we not send all of the suits to jail for this.

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