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A billionaire who vowed to pay off student loans for an entire college graduating class is said to be facing a criminal tax probe

Bloomberg cited four unnamed sources, some of whom said the Justice Department and IRS agents had been investigating him for the past four years.

Federal authorities are said to be examining whether Smith — a billionaire tech investor and philanthropist who is the founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners — owes taxes on $200 million in assets that were moved through offshore entities.Stock-market wizard William O'Neil famously turned $5,000 into $200,000 in just a few years. Here's the 7-part model he uses to sniff out winning stocks.

A key factor in the investigation, Bloomberg reported, is whether Smith was the beneficial owner of Caribbean entities that received proceeds from Vista's private-equity fund. Some of those proceeds flowed through offshore entities into an American charitable foundation presided over by Smith, who is its founding director, the report said.

Neither Vista nor the Justice Department immediately responded to Business Insider's requests for comment on the Bloomberg report.

 

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OkSoMik ...of course he is. Still can’t find Trump’s tax returns though. 🤷🏿‍♂️

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