Susanne D. Rüegg Meier, a citizen and resident of Switzerland, pleaded guilty on July 19, 2017, to conspiring with U.S. taxpayers and other Swiss bankers to defraud the United States as the head of a team of bankers for Credit Suisse AG between 2002 and 2011. She...
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New DOJ Charging and Sentencing Policy
On May 10, 2017, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memorandum to all Federal prosecutors, laying out the core principles of charging and sentencing policy for the Department of Justice under the Trump Administration. Namely, prosecutors have been instructed...
UBS Provides Foreign Records to IRS
The US Department of Justice recently determined that the Singapore affiliate of UBS (UBS AG) "has complied with an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) summons for bank records" related to a taxpayer whose liabilities are at issue. The international financial institution...
Department of Justice Reaches Its Final Non-Prosecution Agreement in the Swiss Bank Program
On January 27, 2016, the Department of Justice announced that it reached its final non-prosecution agreement under Category 2 of the Swiss Bank Program with HSZH Verwaltungs AG (HSZH). The department has executed agreements with 80 banks since March 30, 2015, when it...
DOJ Update on Efforts Concerning Fraudulent Tax Professionals
The Department of Justice has released the results of its ongoing efforts to identify and extinguish the practices of fraudulent tax return preparers and tax scheme promotors. In the press release, the DOJ describes its most recent activities in stopping violations of...