Jailed UBS Whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld Makes Tax Day Clemency Request to President Obama
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A former banker for the Swiss giant UBS who blew the whistle on the biggest tax evasion scheme in US history is asking President Obama today for clemency to coincide with Tax Day, the day US income tax returns are due for most people. In January, Bradley Birkenfeld began serving a forty-month sentence despite playing a key role in uncovering the bank scandal. He first came forward to US authorities in 2007 and began providing inside information on how UBS was helping thousands of Americans evade taxes by hiding billions of dollars in secret Swiss accounts.
A former banker for the Swiss giant UBS who blew the whistle on the biggest tax evasion scheme in US history is asking President Obama today for clemency.
The clemency request is being filed to coincide with Tax Day, the day U.S. income tax returns are due for most people.
In January Bradley Birkenfeld began serving a 40-month sentence despite playing a key role in uncovering the bank scandal.
Birkenfeld first came forward to US authorities in 2007 and began providing inside information on how UBS was helping thousands of Americans evade taxes by hiding billions of dollars in secret Swiss accounts.
Due in part to information provided by Birkenfeld, UBS pleaded guilty last year and paid a $780 million fine. UBS has also agreed to turn over the names of the nearly 4,500 of its American clients to the Justice Department. Meanwhile, thousands of other Americans with unreported offshore accounts have been allowed to belatedly disclose them and pay civil penalties.
The jailing of Birkenfeld has angered many advocates of whistleblowers. His attorney Stephen Kohn joins us in Washington. Kohn is the executive director of the National Whistleblowers Center.
Stephen Kohn, attorney for jailed UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld and executive director of the National Whistleblowers Center.
A former banker for the Swiss giant UBS who blew the whistle on the biggest tax evasion scheme in US history is asking President Obama today for clemency.
The clemency request is being filed to coincide with Tax Day, the day U.S. income tax returns are due for most people.
In January Bradley Birkenfeld began serving a 40-month sentence despite playing a key role in uncovering the bank scandal.
Birkenfeld first came forward to US authorities in 2007 and began providing inside information on how UBS was helping thousands of Americans evade taxes by hiding billions of dollars in secret Swiss accounts.
Due in part to information provided by Birkenfeld, UBS pleaded guilty last year and paid a $780 million fine. UBS has also agreed to turn over the names of the nearly 4,500 of its American clients to the Justice Department. Meanwhile, thousands of other Americans with unreported offshore accounts have been allowed to belatedly disclose them and pay civil penalties.
The jailing of Birkenfeld has angered many advocates of whistleblowers. His attorney Stephen Kohn joins us in Washington. Kohn is the executive director of the National Whistleblowers Center.
Stephen Kohn, attorney for jailed UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld and executive director of the National Whistleblowers Center.
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treewolf39
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Don't mess with rich American tax dodgers. Where is the outrage?
- 2 years ago
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