US files tax evasion charges against Robert Brockman in largest case ever

US Federal prosecutors have filed tax evasion charges against billionaire Robert Brockman in the largest tax evasion case in the history of the country. Brockman used offshore bank accounts and shell companies to avoid paying as much as $2 billion in taxes he owed to the US government. The accounts were held in tax havens like Switzerland, the Caribbean, and Bermuda. The billionaire was apprehended as a result of a deal that the US government struck with Robert Smith, another billionaire who was also using complex financial arrangements to evade taxes. Smith was forced to pay around $140 million in fines, and also helped the government apprehend Brockman.

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