Posted on 02/18/2009 8:42:10 PM PST by Steelfish
A Swiss Bank Is Set to Open Its Secret Files
By LYNNLEY BROWNING Published: February 18, 2009
In the hush-hush world of Swiss banking, the unthinkable is happening: secrets are spilling into the open.
UBS, the largest bank in Switzerland, agreed on Wednesday to divulge the names of well-heeled Americans whom the authorities suspect of using offshore accounts at the bank to evade taxes.
The bank admitted conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and agreed to pay $780 million to settle a sweeping federal investigation into its activities.
It is unclear how many of its clients’ names UBS will divulge. Federal prosecutors have been examining about 19,000 accounts at the bank, but UBS ultimately may disclose the identities of only a few hundred customers.
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Now this should be interesting.
Next, the NY Madam needs to share her client list.
Release all the names ya wankers. Send the list to Drudge.
Oh Oh.
(note to self: get new ID, passport, cash, plane ticket and implement plan “B”)
Yeah. The list will definitely be full of Republicans. Everyone knows that Democrats don’t evade taxes. They just flat-out refuse to pay taxes.
It's all illegal. One World Order here we come. Selective prosecution is BS.
There goes financial privacy. Of course joe citizen will think the worst because of what he sees in movies.
Ah Crap! witch hunt for any Republicans on the list
What?! This bank doesn’t need to keep it’s good payin’ customers?
Must’ve gotten some of that bailout moolah.
Maybe they’ll be releasing the names of US customers only.
I don't know how many but they'll probably all be evil Republicans.
Why is this a big deal? Those like Soros, the Clintons and
0bama have sold their souls to Satan. They have no souls.
Ted F’ng Kennedy!
Release them all!
Maybe, But that’s the first drop in the bucket eh?
Phil Gramm’s UBS Problem
If the Texas senator and McCain adviser was supposed to keep the Swiss bank out of trouble, he’s made a mess of it.
Great..now the infamous swiss banking system is looking for an Obama ‘bailout’...’bipartisan’ of course...(eye roll)
This is nothing more than an international blackmail approach. Did anyone ever think that the swiss would just sit on the info forever?
LOL...good thing we kept our nukes.
Why would they be threatening shit during the new ‘Messiah’ reign..if they did not have a boat load of crap on democrats and the Obama marxists in America?
PAY TO PLAY OBAMA...PAY TO PLAY..you evil chicago thug!
Remember.....Dip stick Biden said Obama was going to be ‘tested’...and we would have to stand behind him..blahblahblah...
Obama is going to bomb Switzerland!
LMAO!!
Keeeerist, I didn’t want the ex to know about my Christmas Club account.
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