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UBS Told by U.S. Judge to Give IRS Data on Wegelin

Published on: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 by Paul Stanbridge

A U.S. judge said the Internal Revenue Service can demand information from UBS about U.S. clients of Wegelin & Co., the Swiss bank that pleaded guilty this month to conspiring to help cheat the IRS.

Bloomberg reports that U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III signed an order in Manhattan federal court that authorized the IRS to serve a summons on UBS, the largest Swiss bank. The tax agency seeks records of Wegelin’s correspondent account at UBS, according to the January 25th order announced Monday. . .

http://hereisthecity.com/2013/01/29/ubs-told-by-us-judge-to-give-irs-data-on-wegelin/