Legal Opinion
Khan v. BDO Seidman, LLP
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 16, 2010No. 4—10—0002, 4—10—0003 consPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Appleton
In these two consolidated cases, Champaign County case Nos. 09 — L—139 and 09 — L—140 (Nos. 4 — 10—0003 and 4 — 10—0002, respectively, on appeal), plaintiffs are Shahid R. Khan and his wife, Ann C. Khan, along with various business entities that the Khans formed, on the advice of their accountants at BDO Seidman, LLP (BDO), for the purpose of shuffling assets around and generating artificial tax losses. The Khans did not know, however, that they were doing anything illegal. BDO had been their accounting firm for years, and it sold them on the so-called “investment strategies” as legitimate…
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