UBS Whistleblower Gets Rewarded With Prison Time: Ann Woolner
August 26th, 2009
Commentary by Ann Woolner
Bloomberg
Bloomberg — If he had kept his mouth shut and his head low, Bradley Birkenfeld would be a free man today. He didn’t, so now the former UBS AG banker wears an electronic bracelet on his ankle and, beginning in January, will spend three years and four months in a federal penitentiary.
He’s headed for prison even though he blew the whistle on a multibillion-dollar international tax fraud conspiracy. Birkenfeld’s information let the U.S. pierce Swiss bank secrecy laws as never before possible.
Continue reading at Bloomberg.com…