Brian Nelson Booker, a former CPA and international fugitive, appeared in federal court in Miami to face charges of failing to report foreign bank accounts and filing false documents with the IRS. The indictment alleges Booker, who operated a cocoa trading company in Panama and Venezuela, failed to disclose financial accounts in Switzerland, Singapore, and Panama for 2011–2013. He also submitted false tax returns and a misleading Streamlined Submission to the IRS. Booker, who left the U.S. in 2016, was arrested in Belarus in 2025 and returned to the U.S. on July 24. If convicted, he faces up to five years per FBAR violation and three years per false IRS filing. Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald and Senior Litigation Counsel Sean Beaty are prosecuting the case. The National Fraud Enforcement Division announced the charges.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
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