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FBI 'to probe Swiss bank UBS' in tax dodging case
0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008
GENEVA (AFP) — The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has made a formal request to travel to Switzerland to probe a multi-million-dollar tax evasion case involving top Swiss bank UBS, a news report said Sunday.
The move follows the confession of former UBS banker Bradley Birkenfeld to a Florida court last week that he conspired to help wealthy American clients dodge millions of dollars in taxes.
Swiss officials from the justice and finance ministries have already travelled to Washington for talks with their US counterparts amid fears the case could damage the overall reputation of Switzerland's financial sector.
"In the context of legal cooperation, it is possible that foreign authorities can be present during investigations," justice ministry spokesman...
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