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MIAMI (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday upheld the prison sentence of a key informant in the tax fraud case against Swiss bank UBS AG and ordered him to start serving his 40-month term as scheduled this Friday. The ruling by Fort Lauderdale Federal Judge William Zloch ignored both public and legal pleas for […]

Washington, D.C. December 31, 2009. Today the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) has begun another push for an independent review of the tax fraud whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld’s case before he reports to jail on January 8, 2010.   Mr. Birkenfeld is an international banker who voluntarily came forward and blew the whistle exposing the biggest international tax fraud […]

MIAMI (Reuters) , 12-30-2009. 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 […]

In recent days, numerous credible news media outlets have reported on what the UBS whistleblower, Bradley Birkenfeld, may make as a result of turning-in his former employer, the Zurich, Switzerland-headquartered bank, UBS AG. Birkenfeld blew the whistle on the bank’s illegal off-shore tax schemes to the United States Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Internal Revenue […]

Washington, DC. December 3, 2009. In a major development that enhances protections for whistleblowers worldwide, a recommended set of principles for international whistleblower laws endorsed by well-respected NGO’s from countries around the world was released today. In a worldwide effort spearheaded by Transparency International, experts on whistleblower laws and advocacy from around the world have been working […]