Judge Mulls Approving N.Y. Whistleblower Tax Case Settlement (1)

The judge tasked with approving New York’s $100,000 deal to resolve tax fraud allegations that a whistleblower valued at $13.25 million focused on what happens after settlement at a hearing on Wednesday.

Judge Lewis J. Liman of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York didn’t say that he would sign off on the settlement, which would clear global headhunter Egon Zehnder of charges that its New York- and Zurich-based units schemed to cheat the state out of corporate franchise taxes, city general corporation taxes, and Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility taxes between 2003 and ...