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Cranky convicted corporate cooperator complaining about prosecutors

By Douglas A. Berman

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This Bloomberg report, which is headlined "Ex-UBS Banker, Informant Birkenfeld Seeks Probe of Prosecutors," provides the latest news on a white-collar case that has the feds and their corporate cooperator in a fight. Here are the details: Bradley Birkenfeld, a key informant in a U.S. investigation of offshore tax evasion aided by UBS AG, claimed in a complaint that federal prosecutors made false statements to a judge who sentenced him to 40 months in prison. Lawyers for Birkenfeld, a former UBS banker, claimed prosecutors made ?inaccurate, misleading and incomplete? statements about him at his Aug. 21 sentencing hearing and in an interview on CBS Corp.?s 60 Minutes television show aired Jan. 3. Birkenfeld, 44, must report to prison on Jan...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 06, 2010 (boomark / email).

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