Housewife hid $3 million in forex gains

[Reuters]

TOKYO (Reuters) - A financially savvy Tokyo housewife who made 400 million yen ($3.44 million) trading in foreign exchange markets was fined Friday for evading tax, a court official said.

Reuters

 

[Toro]

I admire her trading acumen.

 

[YoungJoonKim]

"She felt it was unfair to have to pay tax on her gains, when she made losses some years," NHK quoted the judge as saying. "She spent the money on kimonos and jewelry."

She had guts but justice served. Its just that there are thousand more to go

 

[triedit]

Forex? Don't they make condoms? *snicker*

 

[karrie]

I guess I'm the wrong kind of housewife. Here I spend my time debating, when I should be muddling around in foreign exchange markets.