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Birkenfeld, man behind US case against UBS, says US did a deal

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:00:54 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Jailed banker claims US Dept of Justice hushed investigations into “super-rich and politically powerful” US figures with Swiss bank accounts WRS Birkenfeld audio interview 26 August 2010 Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Bradley Birkenfeld is not taking his imprisonment for conspiring to defraud the US government sitting down quietly. The former UBS private banking manager in [...]

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UBS offers itself a “new” company with ethics code

Sean Ecker — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:33:45 +0000

GenevaLunch.com UBS looks to ethics code to guide bankers’ behaviour Court ruling against supervisory body opens door to client lawsuits Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – UBS, one of Switzerland’s two large banks, has issued a new code of conduct aimed at its employees and its board of directors, noting that the “Code defines the way UBS does [...]

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Bradley Birkenfeld loses appeals, heads for prison

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:40:01 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Miami, Florida, USA (GenevaLunch) – UBS manager turned informer Bradley Birkenfeld will go to prison 8 January after a judge turned down his appeal for clemency Monday 4 January. US District Judge William Zloch also refused to consider further appeals, reports Swissinfo, in a feature on the impact of Birkenfeld’s case and that of a [...]

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Bradley Birkenfeld laments prison term, on CBS

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:10:28 +0000

GenevaLunch.com New York, NY, USA (GenevaLunch) - Bradley Birkenfeld, the former UBS bank wealth manager who shared 19,000 bank client names with the IRS, US tax authority, appeared on CBS television Sunday night, lamenting his prison term. Birkenfeld is scheduled to go to prison 8 January to begin serving a 40-month prison sentence for his part [...]

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ex-UBS Birkenfeld asks for lighter sentence

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:04:40 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Miami, Florida, USA (GenevaLunch) – Bradley Birkenfeld, the former UBS wealth manager in the US who set off a court case between the US tax authority, the IRS, and Switzerland’s largest bank, says he is ready to give more evidence. Birkenfeld, who stands to benefit from the IRS Whistleblower programme, is scheduled to go to [...]

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UBS tones down Miami art show wining, dining

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:58:42 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Miami offshoot of the Basel Art fair has since 2002 been a place where wealthy clients and would-be customers of Swiss bank UBS could expect to be lavishly wined and dined in carpeted tents. The bank is the main sponsor of the US version of the contemporary art show in [...]

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Whistleblower advocate groups urge US Dept of Justice to review Birkenfeld sentence

Sean Ecker — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:21:44 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland and Washington, DC (GenevaLunch) - US Attorney General Eric Holder is being urged to review the case of Bradley Birkenfeld, the former UBS banker whose testimony was instrumental in the US government’s case of tax fraud against the Swiss bank. Birkenfeld was sentenced in August 2009 to 40 months in prison for his [...]

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US taxpayers abroad, part 3: the rules have changed for citizens in Switzerland, France and elsewhere

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:38:33 +0000

GenevaLunch.com See also: part 2 – Taxes overboard! Americans reconsider the IRS at the Geneva T party and part 1: US-Swiss treaty details may not come in time to help US citizens abroad [Update 3, 21 September: note that the IRS has announced it will delay the deadline to 15 October 2009, from 23 September - [...]

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US taxpayers abroad, part 2: Taxes overboard! Americans reconsider the IRS at the Geneva T party

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:32:12 +0000

GenevaLunch.com See also: part 1 – US-Swiss treaty details may not come in time to help US citizens part 3 – What has changed for US taxpayers living abroad [Update 3, 21 September: note that the IRS has announced it will delay the deadline to 15 October 2009, from 23 September - details here] Geneva, Switzerland [...]

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US taxpayers abroad, part 1: US-Swiss treaty details may not come in time to help US citizens abroad

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:30:45 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The 23 September deadline looms larger for many US citizens and greencard holders abroad than any 15 April tax deadline in the past.

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