UBS Tax Fraud Case Whistleblower Gets 40-Month Prison Sentence

Bloomberg

It stuns me that the reward for a whistleblower who shined the light on extensive tax fraud and corruption is being sent to jail, Zerbe said today in a ...

Ex- UBS banker turned tax evasion informant gets 40-month sentence USA Today

Former UBS banker sentenced for fraud Bizjournals.com

Ex- UBS Banker Sentenced on Tax Charge TheStreet.com

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Swiss Govt Says UBS Tax Pact Within Swiss Bank Law

Wall Street Journal

Instead, the IRS will submit a request to Swiss tax authorities to root out clients whose use of UBS to manage their money can be classified as " tax fraud ...

Ex-Wives Eagerly Await UBS Tax -Cheater List TIME

IRS Tax Probe Targets Lawyers, Banks as UBS Data Shred Secrecy Bloomberg

TIMELINE: Switzerland sells stake in UBS Reuters

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Forcing banks to reveal names won't stop fraud

Deseret News

Although the law does not condemn tax evasion, it does make an exception for tax fraud . If a foreign state wants the identity of a bank client, ...

Swiss Govt: IRS Lodges Request For UBS Data Wall Street Journal

The Last Days of Bank Secrecy? Poder 360

Swiss negotiator for UBS says American tax authorities may seek ... Investment International

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Swiss Ruling May Foreshadow Lawsuits Against UBS

Wall Street Journal

Such suits could charge that the bank "aided and abetted customers' tax fraud " by encouraging them to set up secret accounts and hide the income from them ...



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New IRS Unit Dedicated to Investigating Taxpayers with Undisclosed ...

PR Web (press release)

The IRS recently reaffirmed its commitment to combating offshore tax evasion by forming a new elite unit of professionals dedicated to investigating and ...



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Swiss Bank Accounts: Need to do More to get the Money Back

Mainstream

A perusal of the revelations in the US show that banks with operations in tax havens or originating in tax havens are indulging in all kinds of fraud in ...



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IRS may seek more US names from Swiss banks

Business Report

Under the deal, UBS agreed to provide Swiss authorities with details of 4 450 accounts where " tax fraud or the like" is suspected. ...



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Canadian taxman to ask UBS to reveal secret accounts

AFP

The Swiss agreed to process a US request for information on 4450 UBS American clients who are suspected of tax fraud in return for ending the lawsuit ...

Taxman takes on Swiss bank to reveal Canadian fortunes Globe and Mail



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Ann Woolner: UBS whistleblower gets rewarded with prison time

Business Standard

He's headed for prison even though he blew the whistle on a multi-billion-dollar international tax fraud conspiracy. Birkenfeld's information let the US ...

The Swiss Have Sneezed; Will the Greeks Catch a Cold?

Greek News

There is no better place to find such money than to go after Swiss Banks (particularly UBS Bank) to divulge names and account holders who are subject to US ...



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CRA working hard for Canadians

New Brunswick Business Journal

Apparently, while tax fraud is illegal in Switzerland, tax evasion is not. Anyway, the Americans have forced UBS to release thousands of names of suspected ...



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How Vulnerable Are Lawyers?

The American Lawyer

Just a day after federal authorities struck a landmark settlement with UBS , federal prosecutors indicted a Swiss banking executive and--ready for this? ...



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Charles Schwab Takes on Cuomo

Wall Street Journal

Mr. Cuomo last year settled with many of Wall Street's biggest banks that underwrote the securities, including UBS Securities, Citigroup Inc. and Goldman ...



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The Return of Market Resilience?

Seeking Alpha

... (I'll let you check out the technical details) which it converted to shares once the Swiss bank and the US government settled their tax fraud case. ...

correction: Swiss banker causes row with French financiers

Earthtimes (press release)

The United States, France and Germany are seen as leading the fight against tax havens. Switzerland has allowed its biggest bank, UBS AG, ...



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25/08/2009NZB sacks banker charged in US

Expatica Switzerland

The prosecution came a day after a landmark settlement with UBS bank over tax fraud cases. "This is another step in our ongoing effort to pursue hidden ...

Claims against Custodians, Investment Managers and Investment Advisers

Linex Legal (subscription)

For example: Luxembourg UBS and HSBC are being pursued as regards their custodianship of certain Luxembourg funds which were, in essence, Madoff feeder ...

2009 Mid-Year in Review: SEC and SRO Selected Enforcement Cases ...

Linex Legal (subscription)

The SEC alleged that between 2001 and 2006, Guttenberg tipped material, nonpublic information regarding upcoming UBS analyst stock analysis to two traders, ...

UBS -Vergleich: Grosses Raetselraten um kleines Wort

Basler Zeitung

Die heikle Stelle: Was genau heisst tax fraud and the like ? Bei Steuerbetrug und dergleichen gewaehrt die Schweiz den USA Amtshilfe in begruendeten Faellen ...



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Ambuehl: US-Steuerbehoerde nimmt weitere Schweizer Banken ins Visier

Tages-Anzeiger Online

Da ist explizit die Rede von rechtlicher Hilfe, wenn Steuerbetrug und aehnliches ( Tax fraud and the like ) vorliegt. In Steuerabkommen mit anderen Laendern ...



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