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.

Sarah Lewis, the executive director at the Tax Justice Network, discusses what the UBS settlement will mean for offshore banking on Reuters.

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) issued the following statement on the settlement of the UBS John Doe summons.