UBS whistleblower in prison, court rules on files

Reuters by Jason Rhodes, Jonathan Stempel | Jan. 8, 2010 (News Report)

The chief whistleblower in the UBS AG tax secrecy probe entered prison to serve a sentence he considered unfair, hours after a Swiss court ruled the bank should not have been forced to turn over client files to government investigators. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jan 8, 2010 - 4:09 PM PST
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jan. 11, 2010

It should not be too surprising that the government puts a whistleblower of tax evaders behind bars, but it is outrageous.

People need to wrest control of the government back from the corporations and the super rich.

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  • Why Is the Whistleblower Who Exposed the Massive UBS Tax Evasion Scheme the Only One Heading to Prison?

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    (Multimedia) A former banker for the Swiss giant UBS who blew the whistle on the biggest tax-evasion scheme in US history is preparing to head to prison tomorrow to begin serving a ...
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