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UBS Wants Names of Wealthy U.S. Clients Kept Secret

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Anonymous

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Foreclosure Phils bank doesn't want to name its tax evading wealthy clients...Again screwing Americans and the country...

If these companies want to operate in the US- and own US interests- they need to be ready to follow US laws.....

UBS Wants Names of Wealthy U.S. Clients Kept Secret

Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:25 PM


MIAMI -- Swiss banking giant UBS AG said turning over to the IRS the names of thousands of wealthy Americans who might be withholding billions in income from U.S. taxes would violate Swiss law and undermine international relations, according to a court brief filed Thursday.


The Internal Revenue Service has sued UBS to try and force the bank to turn over information about 52,000 account holders the agency says have an estimated $14.8 billion in assets and are using Swiss bank secrecy to shield the money. UBS asked that a Miami federal judge deny the IRS petition.


"There can be no question that the Swiss interest in enforcement of its financial privacy laws is strong and legitimate," the filing states. "In contrast to some other countries' financial privacy laws, the laws of Switzerland impose criminal, as opposed to merely civil, liability on those responsible for violations."


The IRS lawsuit, filed in Miami earlier this year, was accompanied by internal UBS e-mails, memos and other material that the IRS believes shows a systematic, long-term scheme by bank employees to help wealthy Americans evade income taxes.


UBS also did not comply when a judge in July 2008 approved the summonses seeking the account information, and this lawsuit asks U.S. District Judge Alan S. Gold to enforce that earlier ruling.


"The brief filed by UBS demonstrates that enforcement of the summons would require UBS and its personnel to violate several provisions of Swiss criminal law," UBS spokeswoman Karina Byrne said in a statement.


Byrne said the "summons is incompatible" with the tax treaty between the two countries, which provides specific standards for government-to-government exchanges of information relating to taxes.


"UBS maintains that it has already sought in good faith to comply with the summons without violating Swiss law," Byrne said.


U.S. officials believe that an acquisition in 2000 of a U.S. company brought UBS a host of new American clients. The bank then set about to evade new reporting requirements for those clients. To do so, UBS executives helped U.S. taxpayers open new accounts in the names of sham entities.


The clients, in turn, filed false tax returns that omitted the income they earned in their Swiss accounts, according to the court papers.


February's lawsuit followed an agreement in which the Justice Department would defer criminal prosecution of UBS in exchange for the identities of up to 300 U.S. customers and payment by the bank of $780 million. That deal did not cover the list of 52,000 names now sought.


Government officials could not be reached for comment late Thursday.
 

Mike

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Many, many moons ago, some banks in Europe set up accounts with nothing but a number on the account. No name, or other identifying info.

It was called a "Swiss" bank account and was totally secret. Could not be traced back to anyone.

Surely you've heard of them before now?
 

kolanuraven

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I'm not sure about this one.


Turning over those names could set a precedence for a whole bunch of " turning over of names" on other issues/topics.

I see the reason for the IRS hunting money under every rock it can turn over, cause the gov't is BROKE......but somehow it violates the sense of trust and privacy.


What if health ins companies started 'demanding' all kinds of info.....



I'm not sure on this deal.....I'll hide and watch on this one for awhile
 
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kolanuraven said:
I'm not sure about this one.


Turning over those names could set a precedence for a whole bunch of " turning over of names" on other issues/topics.

I see the reason for the IRS hunting money under every rock it can turn over, cause the gov't is BROKE......but somehow it violates the sense of trust and privacy.


What if health ins companies started 'demanding' all kinds of info.....



I'm not sure on this deal.....I'll hide and watch on this one for awhile

U.S. officials believe that an acquisition in 2000 of a U.S. company brought UBS a host of new American clients. The bank then set about to evade new reporting requirements for those clients. To do so, UBS executives helped U.S. taxpayers open new accounts in the names of sham entities.


The clients, in turn, filed false tax returns that omitted the income they earned in their Swiss accounts, according to the court papers.

Medical records are currently available to access if you have an investigative subpeona signed by a Judge--but you have to have sound cause for it...

My feeling is- if you're going to operate inside the US- and do business in the US- then you're answerable to and fall under the jurisdiction of US laws....
 

hypocritexposer

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Medical records are currently available to access if you have an investigative subpeona signed by a Judge--but you have to have sound cause for it...

What happens when they are put into a Government database, that the government says is own to computer fraud?

Obama uses UBS also! Investigate, let's see the ID he set up the account with?
 
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hypocritexposer said:
Medical records are currently available to access if you have an investigative subpeona signed by a Judge--but you have to have sound cause for it...

What happens when they are put into a Government database, that the government says is own to computer fraud?

Obama uses UBS also! Investigate, let's see the ID he set up the account with?

And your source :???: ...I think they should identify everyone that has used this method as a way to evade US tax's.....
 

hypocritexposer

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Google it. The only way you'll believe it, is if you use your own investigative skills, and figure it out.

You remember how to investigate, don't you?
 

Mike

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Nothing will come of this. Zer0 appointed Robert Wolf, President & COO of UBS-American Group to his financial advisory committee.

Wolf was also a BIG, BIG bundler of campaign funds for Zer0.

Another dog & pony show. And OT fusses about Gramm? :lol: :lol:

Almost forgot..........UBS got a BIG CHUNK of bailout money!!!!!!!!!
 
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