UBS whistleblower files complaint against prosecutors

UBS whistleblower files complaint against prosecutors
The key informant in the tax evasion case against Swiss bank UBS AG claims prosecutors made false statements to a judge who sentenced him to prison.
FEB 05, 2010
By  Jeff Nash
Attorneys for informant Bradley Birkenfeld filed a complaint Tuesday with the Justice Department. The complaint seeks an investigation and that the record be corrected. Prosecutors say Birkenfeld didn't disclose his own illegal conduct when he first revealed UBS tax evasion details. Birkenfeld insists that is not true. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Birkenfeld on Friday begins serving more than three years in prison. Based on his disclosures, UBS will turn over names of thousands of suspected American tax cheaters.

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