Accountant pleads guilty in DOJ Panama Papers probe
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-03-02T19:11:00
A U.S-based accountant who was charged alongside three others for their alleged roles in a decades-long criminal scheme perpetrated by Panama-headquartered law firm Mossack Fonseca and related entities has pleaded guilty.
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