March 19, 2014 - Levin and McCain to DOJ: Extradite Swiss bankers
"We urge DOJ to at least attempt to use the authorities laid out in [the extradition] treaty" between the U.S. and Switzerland, the senators wrote. "Even if a r
March 19, 2014 - Ex-Credit Suisse Banker Bachmann Set to Plead Guilty in Virginia
Former Credit Suisse Group AG banker Andreas Bachmann, who was indicted in July 2011 on a tax conspiracy charge, is scheduled to plead guilty tomorrow in federa
March 18, 2014 - BoI orders banks to prepare for FATCA
The Bank of Israel is not waiting for an Israeli-US agreement on the exchange of tax data. Supervisor of Banks David Zaken today announced that he is ordering b
March 18, 2014 - Credit Suisse’s German Offices Raided in Insider Trading Probe
While Credit Suisse’s offices were among the places searched, neither the bank nor its board members are targets of the probe, Claudia Krauth, a spokeswoman for
March 13, 2014 - Swiss banker in U.S. tax case says he was told, 'Don't get caught'
A former Credit Suisse AG banker pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to help U.S. customers evade taxes by using Swiss accounts, and said he did so with t
March 13, 2014 - SWISS BANKER PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRING WITH U.S. TAX EVADERS
Andreas Bachmann, 56, of Switzerland, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in connection with his work as a banking
March 11, 2014 - FATCA: Finland Signs Tax Evasion Agreement with United States
Finland along with other 49 countries around the world engaged with the US government to implement the information reporting and withholding tax provisions comm
March 10, 2014 - Credit Suisse, Mexico Networks, Fraud Appeal: Compliance
Thousands of Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN)’s U.S. clients still don’t know whether tax authorities will learn their identities as prosecutors work to conclude a
March 7, 2014 - DOJ’s Cole Promises Action as Senate Scolds Slow Tax Prosecution
“We also sought to maintain the integrity of pending U.S. law enforcement matters and the ability to prosecute those persons who assisted U.S. taxpayers in evad
March 7, 2014 - Credit Suisse Hearing Likely to Drive New Taxpayer Confessions
An Internal Revenue Service voluntary compliance program is already drawing between 400 and 500 people a month, U.S. Deputy Attorney General James Cole said dur
March 6, 2014 - Tough action against tax evaders is only fair
The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which I chair, has spent several years examining the ways offshore banks have aided and encouraged U.S. tax
March 3, 2014 - Rand Paul in crosshairs of tax evasion war
Paul, a libertarian Republican widely believed to be eyeing a 2016 presidential run, says his hold stems from concerns about Fourth Amendment protections agains
March 3, 2014 - Credit Suisse Under Fire From Senate For Aiding Tax Evaders
U.S. regulators have been investigating a number of Swiss banks over tax-evasion charges for well over a year now, and Credit Suisse figured at the top of the l
March 3, 2014 - Senate panel faults new U.S. law to fight offshore tax dodging
"The U.S. Treasury and IRS should close gaping loopholes in FATCA that have no statutory basis," said the report from the subcommittee, chaired by Democratic Se
February 27, 2014 - Offshore Tax Evasion - Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations 