Bradley Birkenfeld

Bradley Birkenfeld: UBS Informant To Begin Prison Sentence Friday (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

MIAMI (CURT ANDERSON -- AP) -- A federal judge refused Monday to postpone prison or consider a lighter sentence for a former Swiss banker-turned-infor...

UBS Whisteblower Bradley Birkenfeld's Attorney Decries His Client's Prison Sentence

democracynow.org | Posted 05.25.2011

A former banker for the Swiss giant UBS who blew the whistle on the biggest tax-evasion scheme in US history is preparing to head to prison tomorrow t...

UBS Whistleblower Sentenced to 40-Month Prison Term Puts Chill on Whistleblowing

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 05.25.2011

Gary S. Chafetz

Bradley Birkenfeld may be one of the most effective whistleblowers in the nation's history. His reward? A 40-month prison sentence.

Ex-UBS Banker Pleads Guilty, Will Help Prosecutors

AP | JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 05.25.2011

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — A former UBS executive has pleaded guilty to helping clients hide hundreds of millions of dollars and evade U.S. taxe...

Swiss Bank Tells Some Employees: Avoid Trips To US

Financial Times | Haig Simonian | Posted 05.25.2011

UBS has told members of its former private banking team responsible for rich US clients not to travel to America. The Swiss bank has also made lawyer...

Banker Indicted For Helping Mystery Billionaire Avoid $200M In Taxes

Wall Street Journal | Robert Frank | Posted 05.25.2011

The Justice Department has just indicted a private banker and a trust-company owner for allegedly helping an American billionaire avoid taxes on $200 ...