Telling Swiss secrets: A banker's betrayal

It’s the inner sanctum of Swiss banking — the heavily-guarded nexus between numbered Swiss bank accounts and their owner’s good names — and it’s the rare American that is allowed entry.

Bradley Birkenfeld was one of the few Americans who held the keys to the kingdom. A Boston-born, high-flying, cross-border banker at Switzerland’s premier financial institution, UBS, he had access to the kind of secret account information that American ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Sirajul Islam - Aug 5, 2010 - 4:46 AM PDT
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by Sirajul Islam - Aug. 11, 2010

An excellent 5-part investigative report on Swiss banking. Though a week's old post, I think, it would be a good read.

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