January 15, 2014 - Israeli bank data disc aids German investigation
German clients of a Swiss branch of the Israeli Bank Leumi are under scrutiny from German tax authorities, after the purchase of a new CD containing private account details. The CD was bought by investigators in North Rhine-Westphalia in late autumn, 2013.
October 8, 2013 - Israeli banks prepare for int'l tax evasion laws
Customers are withdrawing money from Israeli banks as the UK, France, and Canada mull laws similar to the US's FATCA
September 20, 2013 -IRS Gives Amnesty To Owners Of Secret Israeli Bank Acco
the IRS readmitted to its criminal amnesty program several dozen former customers of Bank Leumi le-Israel Ltd. that it had abruptly kicked out of the program last March, after they had been cleared to participate.
September 10, 2013 - Bank Leumi eyes sale of Manhattan headquarters buildin
Israeli bank seeks to unload rights to the two Midtown buildings in Manhattan that serve as its U.S. headquarters.
August 30, 2013 - California Businessman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Con
One of Cohen’s undeclared accounts was maintained at a branch of Bank A located in the Cayman Islands. The accounts were held in the names of nominees in order to keep them secret from the U.S. Government.
August 23, 2013 - The US taxman cometh to Israel, with a vengeance
Israeli banks may be turning information on their American account holders over to the IRS, setting off financial nightmares for people who haven’t filed properly.
July 17, 2013 - California Businessman Pleads Guilty to Concealing Foreign
a U.S. citizen, used three bank accounts held in the names of two different foreign corporations at foreign banks to falsely reduce his taxes. The last of those accounts was held at an Israeli bank located in Tel-Aviv,
July 12, 2013 - Swiss Banks Near Deal on U.S. Tax Cheats
A group of Swiss banks is lining up to deliver key information to U.S. authorities investigating tax evasion, potentially moving a long-running legal battle further toward a close.
May 29, 2013 - Switzerland frees banks to settle U.S. tax evasion cases
But the new proposal, valid for a year only, would allow them to hand over so much information on customers' behavior that U.S. officials should be able to identify Americans who have used Swiss bank accounts to evade their taxes.
May 20, 2013 - Switzerland close to deal in U.S. tax dispute: finance minis
"We hope that we will shortly be at the finishing line," Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf told Swiss radio in an interview. "The banks won't get it for nothing."
April 17, 2013 - Switzerland considering solution to U.S. tax dispute
The Swiss government is considering a possible solution to a long-running dispute with U.S. authorities over Swiss banks
April 15, 2013 - Finance Ministers Pledge Action on Tax Evasion
The finance ministers of the U.K., France, Germany, Italy and Spain have pushed the issue of bank secrecy to the top of the EU economic agenda as governments st
April 15, 2013 - Bank Leumi, Mizrahi said to aid US client in tax crime
Orit Reuveni, a spokesman for Leumi, didn’t immediately return an email after regular business hours in Israel seeking comment on the case. A spokesman for Mizr
April 15, 2013 - Bank Leumi, Mizrahi Accounts Used for Back-to-Back Loans
A Los Angeles businesswoman charged with conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service used accounts at two Israeli banks, Bank Leumi Le-Israel Ltd. (LUMI)
April 11, 2013 - Taxpayers Who Lost Offshore Account Amnesty Promised Fair
The Department of Justice will consider “fairness” before deciding whether to prosecute taxpayers kicked out of the Internal Revenue Service’s criminal amnesty/