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Federal Act on Banks and Savings Banks

After the revelations of whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld in 2007, UBS—which was then the largest bank in the world—was caught red-handed by the United States government offering tax evasion strategies, sending undercover bankers with encrypted computers to the United States.

Stephen M. Kohn

Kohn personally has represented whistleblowers in the O. J. Simpson murder case, the World Trade Center bombing cases, the Oklahoma City bombing case, the Linda Tripp-Privacy Act case, and the Bradley Birkenfeld-UBS AG tax evasion case.

Whistleblower Office

In September 2012, the IRS Whistleblower Office awarded Bradley Birkenfeld $104 million as a whistleblower for providing information about more than USD $ 5 billion in unpaid taxes from banks and individuals.

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