US Taxpayer Faces Prison After Panama Papers Guilty Plea

INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS

Prosecutors are seeking a lengthy prison sentence for the first U.S. taxpayer charged with crimes as a result of the 2016 Panama Papers investigation.

Harald Joachim von der Goltz, an 82-year-old  dual German-Guatemalan citizen who lived in the United States from the mid-1980s until 2017, pleaded guilty last week to a range of financial crimes, including fraud and conspiracy to commit tax evasion and money laundering. read more »

U.S. Supreme Court allows retirement plan lawsuit

REUTERS

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to back stricter deadlines for workers to sue retirement plans over alleged mismanagement

At issue was the time period for bringing a lawsuit alleging violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), a federal law that requires plan managers to invest prudently. read more »

George Clooney 'saddened' by alleged child labor on Nespresso coffee farms

THE GUARDIAN

Brand ambassador pledges ‘work will be done’ after children are filmed toiling on Guatemalan farms believed to supply company

a Channel 4 Dispatches documentary, due to air next week, filmed children picking coffee beans and hauling sacks on six Guatemalan farms believed to supply Nespresso. read more »

Actor Steven Seagal Charged With Unlawfully Touting Digital Asset Offering

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against actor Steven Seagal for failing to disclose payments he received for promoting an investment in an initial coin offering. read more »