charge tech mogul robert brockman for heidi $2 billion worth of income in offshore accounts. >> brockman used secret bank accounts in bermuda and switzerland to hide his untaxed income and launder the proceeds of his investor fraud. brockman's alleged to have used codewords over proprietary encrypted email system to hide his illegal conduct. >> brockman is a software tycoon in houston, texas. the irs says the indictment covers a 20 year period. the 79-year-old expected to make his first court appearance in san francisco today. >>> we brought the news from department of justice lived on cbsn bay area and watch 24/7 on kpix.com or our new app. >>> hawaii is back in business. starting today, the state will allow tourists to skip the mandatory 14 day quarantine period if they test negative for coronavirus. visitors must show proof within 72 hours of departure and still have to follow strict safety guidelines when they arise. >>> some airlines are launching their own rapid testing programs to help passengers heading to the state. united launched its program at sfo today. travelers can choose

for his role in an offshore tax scheme by one of his early investors and that person was robert brockmanrosecutors say brockman hid $2 billion in income from the irs making his case the largest ever in american history. for smith this all stems from a billion dollar investment that brockman made in 2000 to help smith launch this to equity partners, his private equity firm prosecutors say smith directed profits from the fund into offshore entities in belize and said smith used nominee trustees to hide his control of those entities and he used untaxed income to buy a vacation home in sonoma, california, a ski property in the french alps and to fund his charity. now, the u.s. attorney is saying smith who has a net worth of $5 billion, quote, committed serious crimes but his cooperation put him on a path away from indictment now, brockman will face seven charges of tax evasion, 20 counts of wire fraud and money laundering charges, dom, back to you. >> robert, i'm curious this type of thing, i mean you mentioned thatthis is a scheme there are a lot of wealthy folks out there, ballerini billio

the other tax fraud. >> until the tax fraud scream, brockman is charged with hiding approximately $2 billion in income from the irs over a period of 20 years. in the investor fraud scream, brockman is charged with manipulating debt securities by his company to defraud investors. >> brockman is the ceo of reynolds one of the largest software to manage dealerships worldwide. >>> today is the final full day to fill out the census. the deadline is technically 2:59 a.m., that would be tomorrow. you can do it by phone or online. many cities across the bay area scrambling to get as many people counted as possible. san francisco and san jose census volunteers will be working and pushing until the last hour. we have the story. >> reporter: the clock is ticking and regardless of language, you've probably heard. [speaking foreign language]. >> it's dire. every bit counts. every person that does the census is about $2,000 of resources that they hold. >> reporter: across the bay area, advocates are highly concerned about minorities. what are those challenges you're facing specifically here in the

. >>> twilliam brockman was chargd in a tax fraud scheme.years through complicated schemes including filing false returns and setting up secret accounts all over the world to hide the money. brockman who has pleetd pleaded guilty and is released on a 1 million dollar bond. >>> now on the art of getting out the vote art is showing up in polling places for some chicago communities. >> reporter: marking your x has never been more colorful or perhaps more meaningful. >> i think it represents hope, chaink, equity. >> reporter: a summer of sometimes angry protests left many chicago storefronts boarded up, a discouraging message. >> we want to heal the city through art. >> reporter: these local artists started painting them. >> 50 or 60 boards that have been done by 50 artists. >> reporter: now those plywood murals taken down and transformed into voting booths, encouraging minorities in communities to register. >> oftentimes we feel unheard. >> just one more person volts, we did a good job. >> reporter: a cellphone linke in each booth assists with

brockman is also charged with defrauding investors. >> brockman hid his control over these offshore entities by filing false tax returns and failing to file foreign bank account reports. >> the feds say the $2 billion tax fraud is the largest ever involving one person in the united states. >>> nearly 7 million people took part in today's great california shake-out. things, though, a little different due to the pandemic. instead of kids hopping under desks like weav've seen in the past, participants were asked to take part in smaller groups via conferencing. they also recommend using the new my shake app that sends out early warnings that an earthquake may be coming. >>> woe're in the middle of a public safety power shutoff. pg&e gave us an update in the last 30 minutes. we'll tell you what they told us. >>> plus a way to sidestep self-quarantining protocols if you want to go to hawaii. a way to get people to the beach faster. taking california for a ride. companies like uber, lyft, doordash. breaking state employment laws for years. now these multi-billion-dollar companies wrote deceptive pr

to really help launch vista equity back in 2000 and according to these report, brockman said look, iant you to pay a portion of your income that carry into this offshore entities and brockman would have control of that if he ever wanted to. and you're right most of smith's income was taxed and reported, but it was this portion that brockman directed intothese ois offshore entities so brockman could control it and that appears to how it all started. and you're right that the money eventually flowed into his charitable fund which went to morehouse, carnegie, all the things that he's funded since then >> and was it the $34 million he was going to spend to pay off all the morehouse students debt last year, was that part of this whole thing? >> robert may know i'm not sure money is fungible, so you could argue that money has gone from one fund to another. clearly some of the funds was used for philanthropy, i don't know if it was the more "house" dou "house"house or not. do you know? >> this offshore entities was created in 2000. the money was transferred into what is now his charitable g

robert brockman is accused of hiding $2 billion from the irs over two decades. federal prosecutors say smith has already agreed to pay back taxes and penalties. they say brockman hid his money in offshore bank accounts and faces multiple charges. >>> scott mcgrew, one on abc and the other on nbc. >>> that's right, and running at the same time, as you know, marcus. joe biden on abc. this is his election to lose. if he can avoid missteps, the numbers put him way ahead. biden was asked a question last night. he kept ducking or had been ducking in the past. would he add more judges to the supreme court if he became president. >> don't voters have a right -- >> they do have a right to know where they stand. they have a right to know where i stand before they vote. >> you'll come out with a clear position before election day? >> yes,pending on how they handle this. >> biden turned in a good performance for someone who has to be so careful not to make misstatements. much of the conversation, as it should be, about the biggest threat facing america, coronavirus and the

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robert brockman is accused of hiding to million dollars worth of income in offshore accounts. >>> he used secret bank accounts, in bermuda, and switzerland. to hide his untaxed income. and to launder the proceeds of his investor fraud. to hide his illegal conduct. >>> is a software tycoon from houston, the irs is 39 count indictment covers a 20 year period. the first that press conference from the department of justice live on cbsn bay area, you can watch 24/7 on kpix.com or through our new app. >>> today's last chance to fill out your 2020 census to the census bureau is entering collection early after a supreme court ruling. once a decade count determines how many congressional seats each state gets, as well as how $1.5 trillion in federal spending is distributed each year. you can respond online by phone or by mail but it has to be postmarked today. for more information on completing the sense that is, check out kpix.com. >>> starbucks has a plan to increase its company diversity. next year it's multi executive pay to inclusion efforts. the coffee giant did not give specifics on ex

collars is julio brockman a bison researcher at southern illinois university. what kind of data are you receiving so we're getting location information a g.p.s. point on a map every hour 24 hours a day so can you show me what you've been seeing sure these are the bison locations for yesterday they seem to be spending a lot of time along their corral and trap pressure and i can corroborate that because we were there and we saw them there so what would you say is the ultimate goal of your study having an amount of data really changes how we look at their movements and their selection it helps to understand what type of habitat they're like for reintroduction in the future. among the 2 dozen scientists doing research at the choose is dr holly jones a conservation biologist at northern illinois university with her team she's traveling in tagging small mammals to assess the impact of the big bison. the completely restoration ecologist playground i get so excited about this field of sampling one of them and. there it is small mammals are food for aerial predators thi

robert brockman allegedly hid capital gains income offshore for 20 years. he was released on a million dollar bond after pleading not guilty. >>> new questions this morning about the death of a louisiana man in police custody last year. newly released audio appears to tell a different story than the account that police gave. here's abc's andrea fujii. >> reporter: this morning the family of a man killed in police custody speaking out. >> it's horrific. i can't close my eyes and not see my son. >> reporter: ronald green died in may 2019 in rural louisiana. police saying at the time that green led them on a car chase after failing to stop for a traffic violation and died in the resulting car crash. but 17 months later body camera audio appears to tell a different story. despite initial reports saying officers did not use force against green, one trooper can be heard talking about the violent arrest. >> and everything else trying to get i'm under control. he was spitting blood everywhere. all of a sudden he just went limp. >> reporter: green's family now suing

facing murder and manslaughter charges after a new ling on floyd's neck cheering his arrests in may brockman later died triggering nationwide protests chauvin was released on a $1000000.00 bond and is expected to be back in court next march and jacob blake who was shot and paralyzed during his arrest in wisconsin has been released from hospital 29 year olds is going to a spinal rehabilitation center. they as politicians say congress should reign in google amazon apple and facebook or force them to break up reasons investigations of accuse the companies of unfairly wielding their power over prices and rules and of forcing smaller businesses into on reasonable contracts it's the most significant effort in decades against tech giants the last time was when the us government sued microsoft back in the 1990 s. proponents for change want sweeping reforms to competition rules in particular to make it harder for the big players to acquire rivals and start ups meanwhile facebook is removing a cancer page is promoting huon on a us conspiracy movements its online posts have surged this year q and on pr

software mogul robert brockman was charged today in a $2 billion scheme.eral prosecutors say that he used secret accounts to hide and launder money over 20 years. and on wall street, stocks had another lackluster day. the dow jones industrial average lost 19 points to close at 28,494. the nasdaq fell 54 points, and the s&p 500 slipped five points. still to come on the newshour: how some investors got word from the white house early on that things were worse than the public heard. with less than three weeks to go before election day, we visit the battleground state of iowa. we compare media coverage of the president's campaign to that of his 2016 run. and, much more. >> woodruff: back in late february, when the pandemic was beginning to take hold in the u.s., the president and his team downplayed the risk to the american public. but, a new report finds that key advisers to the president were conveying a very different message to other audiences. and, some financial traders may have been able to profit in the stock market because of it. amna nawaz has more o

prosecuted because of his cooperation in a much broader case he will pay $139 million prosecutors say the brockmanaking his the largest suit against a taxpayer it was to an offshore place in belize and nevis and had a ski property in the french alps. it is said that robert smith who has $5 billion committed various crimes no comment from smith. we should add that he has given $450 million to charity so that is more than three times the settlement today to put it in perspective. >> still an enormous settlement. i will have to e-mail you. we have to run >>> and the boy band's ipo it has traders around the globe buzzing. all of the details when we come back diane retired and opened that pottery studio. how did you come up with all these backstories? i got help from a pro. my financial professional explained to me all the ways nationwide can help protect financial futures in peytonville. nationwide can help the greens get lifetime income because their son kyle is moving back home and could help set up a financial plan for mrs. garcia. and he explained how nationwide can help mr. paisley retire early a

my name is beta brockman and i live in district 5. i have to say that as an lgbt person this reminds me of listening to the debate over marriage equality where all of the conservatives made arguments that didn't make sense because it's an interest to them. if you don't want to get gay married, don't. there's a really simple answer to the people living in this project. if you don't want to live on the lot, don't. if you don't want, you know, a space six feet wide then don't move to this lot. but there's many, many people, tens of thousands of people, maybe hundreds of thousands, who would want to live here. one of the callers said that no one who is directly affected by the project approves of it. i can guarantee you that is not true. not only do i live relatively close to this project, but there's many, many people who would love to live there. i know people, teachers, firefighters, receptionists, and these people have names, ryan and kevin and sarah and joel and they would love to move here. right now they have to commute longer, spe