A German businessman charged with evading U.S. taxes as part of an investigation sparked by a trove of leaked documents known as the Panama Papers will plead guilty, federal prosecutors said. Harald Joachim von der Goltz, a former U.S. resident who was indicted along with three others in 2018 in connection with documents leaked from the now-defunct Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co., initially fought the government’s case, pleading not guilty to charges that include wire and tax fraud and money laundering.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 07, 2020 21:11 UTC