| 02.06.2008 Views: Opalesque Exclusive: UBS tax evasion case - Is private banking under threat? |
| Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: Bloomberg.com reported on Friday that the former UBS AG private banker Bradley Birkenfeld had agreed to plead guilty in June in a U.S. tax evasion case, signaling that he is cooperating with a Justice Department’s investigation of the biggest Swiss bank. Birkenfeld had pleaded not guilty earlier this month after he was indicted with Mario Staggl of Liechtenste |