February 10, 2010 - Get paid by the IRS... to steal from Swiss banks
Does this open up an avenue for former cat burglars to go legit?
February 9, 2010 - TIMELINE-UBS swings to Q4 profit, outflows accelerate
Following is a timeline of major events in UBS in the last year and since Gruebel was appointed CEO.
February 7, 2010 - U.S. won't renegotiate UBS tax deal: report
"Now it is all about implementing it under Swiss law. That is a thing for the Swiss government not for the United States," Beyer said.
February 7, 2010 - Program Helps State Collect $2 Million In Unpaid Taxes
...the state Department of Revenue Services says 148 taxpayers have filed applications for disclosure...
February 7, 2010 - Swiss Bank Accounts
You ask, “Is a Swiss Deal a Deal?” The answer is a strong “yes.” Perhaps you should next ask, “Is a U.S. Deal a Deal?” I hope the answer will be the same.
February 5, 2010 - Top UBS Lawyer Leaves For Private Practice
Bloomberg reports that Bernhard Schmid, the head of the legal department at Swiss banking giant UBS, has left the company for a partnership at a Zurich firm fou
February 4, 2010 - Former UBS Client Pleads Guilty to Hiding $10 Million in Offshore Bank Accounts
Jack Barouh of Golden Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty today to filing a false tax return, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Sente
February 4, 2010 - Probe of African Leaders' Money-Laundering Reveals Holes in Regulations
William Fox, senior vice president and global anti-money-laundering and economic-sanctions executive at Bank of America, will testify at the hearing, along with
February 4, 2010 - What’s Next for Swiss Bank Secrecy?
Congress adopted a whistleblower reward program in 2006 that allows those who report tax evasion to recover 15 percent to 30 percent of what the I.R.S. collects
February 4, 2010 - Court clocks UBS
The government says it will first seek to reopen negotiations with the Americans. Failing that, it will ask for retrospective parliamentary approval for the US
February 4, 2010 - RAHN: Challenging the rule of law
An IRS official said, "We expect the Swiss government to continue to honor the terms of the agreement" - despite the agreement having been deemed unlawful....
February 3, 2010 - Swiss Sputter as Merkel Buys Stolen Bank Data
A public-opinion poll published Tuesday by the Forsa polling institute showed that 57 percent of Germans polled supported Merkel's decision to buy the stolen ba
February 3, 2010 - Germany pursues tax evaders' data
A whistleblower reportedly has offered to sell to German tax authorities the names and account information of 1,500 Germans who have secret Swiss bank accounts.
February 3, 2010 - Pressure mounts on Swiss private banks
A fresh German offensive against tax cheats does not make 2010 look any better for the key guardians of Switzerland's multi-trillion-dollar wealth management in
February 3, 2010 - Schaeuble Urges Germans to Declare Swiss Accounts (Update1)
Schaeuble made the appeal after saying the government has already decided “in principle” to purchase stolen information on undeclared funds in Swiss accounts...