A U.S. accountant from Massachusetts has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to the tax evasion scheme orchestrated by Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca revealed by the 2016 Panama Papers leak, The Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Feb, 28.
Richard Gaffey pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit tax evasion and to defraud the United States, one count of wire fraud, one count of money laundering conspiracy, four counts of willful failure to file Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Reports 114), and one count of aggravated identity theft.
