Jailed UBS Banker Wants Billions for Ratting Out Rich U.S. Clients Who Used Offshore Swiss Accounts to Evade Taxes

Bradley C. Birkenfeld, the UBS banker who was sentenced to 40 months in prison for helping rich Americans dodge their taxes through offshore Swiss acounts, is seeking billions from the federal government under the whistleblower statute.

New York Times, Ex-UBS Banker Seeks Billions for Blowing Whistle, by Lynnley Browning
Wall Street Journal, From Snitch to Rich? The Case of UBS’s Brad Birkenfeld, by Ashby Jones

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