July 31st, 2009
Task Force member Global Financial Integrity made a couple of press appearances today. GFI Director Raymond Baker appeared in an Associated Press (AP)
article discussing the UBS case, and GFI Mananging Director Tom Cardamone
discussed the case on Canada's Business News Network (BNN).
From the AP
article:
Raymond Baker, director of the Global Financial Integrity, an organization that works to end illegal international money transfers, said it's critical that U.S. officials push for greater information sharing so tax evasion and other financial crimes can be investigated.
"What happens with the...
July 31st, 2009
The U.S. and Swiss governments have tentatively settled a dispute in which the U.S. government was seeking information about thousands of American depositors suspected of using accounts at Switzerland's largest bank to hide money from the Internal Revenue Service.
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July 30th, 2009
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Swiss government officials, including the Swiss federal banking commissioner Urs Zulauf, are scheduled to take the stand next week at an evidentiary hearing in the high-profile case involving the U.S. and Swiss governments and UBS AG (UBS).
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July 30th, 2009
Helmerich & Payne Inc. (H&P) has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve improper payments by H&P to government officials in Argentina and Venezuela in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
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