Financial Transparency Coalition

U.S. government to get names of suspected American tax dodgers using Swiss bank accounts

Bradley Birkenfeld, the former UBS private banker turned key informant, was on Friday sentenced to a tougher-than-expected 40 months in prison for helping wealthy American clients evade taxes.

The Swiss Federal Prosecutor's Office said Friday it has opened an investigation into allegations a high-ranking Swiss government official was bribed for confidential information by a client of UBS AG (UBS).

Chile's Undersecretary for Finance, Maria Olivia Recart, called on the Senate Thursday to pass a pending bill that would allow the national tax service to access Chileans' bank-account information and share it with other countries' tax authorities.