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UBS whistleblower complaining that he is only person headed to prison

By Douglas A. Berman

Reuters has this interesting new article previewing what sounds like an interesting upcoming segment of 60 Minutes.  The piece is headlined "UBS whistleblower asks why he is going to prison," and here are excerpts: The key informant in the U.S. tax fraud case against Swiss bank UBS AG says he does not deserve the federal prison term he is due to start serving next month, according to an interview to be broadcast on Sunday. Bradley Birkenfeld, a 44-year-old U.S. citizen, has been hailed by whistleblower advocates and U.S. prosecutors alike as pivotal to the case against UBS, his former employer. The bank was targeted in a wide probe by U.S. authorities for helping U.S. tax cheats to hide assets in UBS accounts. Speaking in an interview to be broadcast on CBS television's "60 Minutes" on Sunday, his first since he began providing insider information to U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 31, 2009 (boomark / email).