Herbert Axelrod, millionaire and violin collector, who fled the US after charges of tax evasion, is to be brought back to the US from Germany this week. “In its indictment, the government accuses Axelrod of two counts of fraud — conspiracy and helping an employee cheat the Internal Revenue Service by funneling more than $1 million into a Swiss bank account. The combined charges carry a maximum punishment of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.”