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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–A key government informant in the U.S. tax investigation of UBS AG’s (UBS) cross-border banking business was sentenced Friday to 3 years and 4 months in prison for helping the Swiss bank’s American clients cheat on their taxes. Former UBS private banker Bradley Birkenfeld, who pleaded guilty in June 2008, was sentenced in […]

Washington Times. August 18, 2009. FBI whistleblower Frederic Whitehurst spent close to a decade fighting the Clinton White House to win limited protections for his brethren in the intelligence community willing to risk their careers to expose wrongdoing. Now critics say the Obama administration is seeking to strip away those protections, and Mr. Whitehurst predicts […]

The Senate is expected to act on the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (S. 372) in September.  The NWC is extremely concerned that this bill, although overall progressive legislation, has a number of provisions which if enacted would harm whistleblowers.  The NWC is urging the Senate to fix these provisions and pass a bill that is […]

Twelve Part Blog Series beginning August 18, 2009 Whistleblower Protection Blog By Stephen M. Kohn NOTE: Due to the tremendous grassroots pressure from members of our Action Alert Network a number of the following areas were fixed in the most recent version of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act.  Some areas still need to be fixed […]

Two years ago almost to the day, the phone in the FT’s Zurich office rang as I reached the door. “My name is Tarantula,” said the mystery caller. “That is not my real name. But the information I will provide will put my life in danger and be the end of Swiss bank secrecy.” Loonies […]