While there are several types of bankruptcy fraud, the most common type is fraud that results from intentionally concealing bankruptcy assets so as not to have to turn them over to the bankruptcy court. The reality is that by the time most people declare bankruptcy, they don’t have any asse...
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A correlation with bankruptcy fraud is found with thenumber of changes in management the six months prior to bankruptcy and with the numberof financial antecedents that have been committed by the owner(s). There is also a strongcorrelation between registration in internal registers and the ...
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8. Are income taxes dischargeable in bankruptcy? Yes they are provided you meet qualifying factors. For instance, the tax owed must be at least 3 years old. An assessment must have been made at least 260 days ago and there is no fraud involved. For instance, you owe the IRS $300K of...
If you didn't do any research, and simply believed their threats, you may not have a fraud claim. It's unfortunate, but one person lying to you is not always fraud. Of course, if you did pay them when the debt wasn't actually yours, you can take them to court to get the money...
If you didn't do any research, and simply believed their threats, you may not have a fraud claim. It's unfortunate, but one person lying to you is not always fraud. Of course, if you did pay them when the debt wasn't actually yours, you can take them to court to get the money...
and creditors. Although using such entities was not illegal, Enron's failure to disclose the necessary details of its dealings constituted accounting fraud. As the true extent of Enron's debts became known to the public, its share price collapsed. By the end of 2001, Enron declared bankruptcy...
Fraudulent conveyance is the illegal or unfair transfer of property to another party via a bankruptcy trustee. Two types of fraudulent conveyance exist, actual fraud and constructive fraud.