Super Rich Tax Cheats Outed by Bank Clerk

ABC news ^ | July 15, 2008 | BRIAN ROSS and RHONDA SCHWARTZ

[T Ruth]

Will the public ever see who's on this list? Will the Democrats, or the Republicans for that matter, allow the names of their major contributors to see the light of day?

[Paladin2]

Kennedy? Levin is likely protecting all sorts of ‘rat butts.

[Polybius]

Kieber reportedly sold three CD's full of names and data to tax authorities to 12 countries including Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy and the United States.

Call 1-800-U SQUEAL

[TheZMan]

Doubtful. I imagine 75% or more of our representatives, Hollywood, and George Soros are utilizing it heavily.

What will happen though is a very selective cherry picking of the list to scream about more republican culture of corruption and senate hearings, to which the republicans’ silence will be deafening.

[Ron in Acreage]

I’m guessing Kennedy, Heinz/Kerry, Rockefeller, Feinstein, Corzine, Bloomberg, etc. may turn up. Soros?

[HoosierHawk]

Yep. Only Republican names will appear in the NY Times and ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC....

[The_Republican]

I hope some Hollywood phonies get outed!

[G Larry]

Levin won’t let the list go public until all of the Dem’s have been scrubbed off of the list.

[Vigilanteman]

I wouldn't make a hero out of this guy. He sold personal information on bank depositors which didn't belong to him. He violated the trust of the institutions and the law by doing so.

Sure, it is possible that some of the depositors are tax scofflaws. It is also possible that some of them are perfectly innocent. But anyone on the list, guilty or not, is going to be harassed by the tax authorities of various nanny states just for having an account.

[Clintonfatigued]

This could get interesting.

[driftdiver]

Who cares, its not like our govt has a history of using tax money wisely. screw the IRS and screw this guy who released peoples private information.

[driftdiver]

“But anyone on the list, guilty or not, is going to be harassed by the tax authorities of various nanny states just for having an account. “

Yep, it will be “prove you are innocent.”

[ikka]

The bank clerk, Heinrich Kieber, has been branded a thief by the government of Liechtenstein for violating the country's bank secrecy laws.

Time for Liechtenstein to invest in some "wet work".

[HoosierHawk]

Only his lawyer called him a hero.

Now that the info is out there, we're just wondering how it will be handled.

[dfwddr]

He sold personal information on bank depositors which didn't belong to him.

Bears repeating.
Would I like to see the Dems outed on this kind of deal ? Of course I would, but I'd rather it be done through some other means.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

I suspect some ex-wives will want to see this list.

[Bobalu]

The money is best left in the hands of the rich... to create jobs and new wealth.
The government is fiscally irresponsible and the IRS is a bully that operates in many ways outside the constitution.

[an amused spectator]

I wouldn't make a hero out of this guy. He sold personal information on bank depositors which didn't belong to him. He violated the trust of the institutions and the law by doing so.

Well, now that the IRS has this information, and they start collecting the money that is rightfully owed to the US government (just for being there for all of us during the tech stock bubble, the housing bubble, the gasoline & diesel bubble, etc., etc., etc.), ALL of the rest of us should see a significant decrease in the amount of taxes collected from us by the government.

Oh, look - a pig just flew by my window... ;-)

[FightThePower!]

Big brother must make sure it steals all of the money it can, even if you have your money in another country.

[Billthedrill]

Hmm...there's nothing inherently illegal in having such a bank account, only in not reporting money made there to the IRS as foreign income. I'm just wondering if they do catch somebody that way, will evidence arising from the data theft be admissible in court? I haven't a clue, actually, I'm just posing the question for somebody who does.