Tax cheats outed by one man

[evince]

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/st...5378080&page=1


Day of Reckoning? Super Rich Tax Cheats Outed by Bank Clerk
Technician in Liechtenstein Turns Over Names of Americans With Secret Bank Accounts
By BRIAN ROSS and RHONDA SCHWARTZ
July 15, 2008

Hundreds of super-rich American tax cheats have, in effect, turned themselves in to the IRS after a bank computer technician in the tiny European country of Liechtenstein came forward with the names of US citizens who had set up secret accounts there, according to Washington lawyers investigating the scheme.


Heinrich Kieber, a bank computer technician in Liechtenstein came forward with the names of US citizens who had set up secret accounts there, according to Washington lawyers investigating the scheme. He has been branded a thief by the government of Liechtenstein for violating the country's bank secrecy laws.

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


He is now in hiding but scheduled to testify to the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Thursday via a video statement from a secret location, according to Congressional investigators.


Aides for committee chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) are scheduled to provide reporters with a background briefing later this morning in Washington on the committee's investigation of tax haven banks in Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

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http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/st...5378080&page=1
Day of Reckoning? Super Rich Tax Cheats Outed by Bank Clerk
Technician in Liechtenstein Turns Over Names of Americans With Secret Bank Accounts
By BRIAN ROSS and RHONDA SCHWARTZ
July 15, 2008

Hundreds of super-rich American tax cheats have, in effect, turned themselves in to the IRS after a bank computer technician in the tiny European country of Liechtenstein came forward with the names of US citizens who had set up secret accounts there, according to Washington lawyers investigating the scheme.


Heinrich Kieber, a bank computer technician in Liechtenstein came forward with the names of US citizens who had set up secret accounts there, according to Washington lawyers investigating the scheme. He has been branded a thief by the government of Liechtenstein for violating the country's bank secrecy laws.

He is now in hiding but scheduled to testify to the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Thursday via a video statement from a secret location, according to Congressional investigators.

Aides for committee chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) are scheduled to provide reporters with a background briefing later this morning in Washington on the committee's investigation of tax haven banks in Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

Setting up a private bank account in a foreign country is not an illegal act. We are led to believe, in our Ameri-centric ignorance, that it is and that it is nefarious. The existence of these accounts indicates nothing by itself.

Information that was obtained in an illegal fashion is being used by the American government. I thought the Dems had a problem with that for ANY purpose no matter how noble. Due process, presumption of innocence... you know, Constitutional rights, internatinal treaties, all that stuff - throw it in the trash.

I remember Carl Levin crying about Aby Ghraib and Gitmo... now he forfeits his right to bitch about Gitmo and the information obtained there if he even looks at one data point from this. But hey, he's fascist (democrat) hypocrite pig bastard so what do you expect.

Douchebag.

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http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/st...5378080&page=1


Day of Reckoning? Super Rich Tax Cheats Outed by Bank Clerk
Technician in Liechtenstein Turns Over Names of Americans With Secret Bank Accounts
By BRIAN ROSS and RHONDA SCHWARTZ
July 15, 2008

Hundreds of super-rich American tax cheats have, in effect, turned themselves in to the IRS after a bank computer technician in the tiny European country of Liechtenstein came forward with the names of US citizens who had set up secret accounts there, according to Washington lawyers investigating the scheme.


Heinrich Kieber, a bank computer technician in Liechtenstein came forward with the names of US citizens who had set up secret accounts there, according to Washington lawyers investigating the scheme. He has been branded a thief by the government of Liechtenstein for violating the country's bank secrecy laws.

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


He is now in hiding but scheduled to testify to the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Thursday via a video statement from a secret location, according to Congressional investigators.


Aides for committee chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) are scheduled to provide reporters with a background briefing later this morning in Washington on the committee's investigation of tax haven banks in Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

He violated their privacy. He's no hero.

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Setting up a private bank account in a foreign country is not an illegal act. We are led to believe, in our Ameri-centric ignorance, that it is and that it is nefarious. The existence of these accounts indicates nothing by itself.

All very true. The fact that ANY American has set up a foreign bank account means nothing. But not paying taxes on foreign income can be a crime depending on how you got it and what taxes you paid on it in the foreign country. If you go here you will find the IRS requirement for paying taxes on foreign income

Information that was obtained in an illegal fashion is being used by the American government. I thought the Dems had a problem with that for ANY purpose no matter how noble. Due process, presumption of innocence... you know, Constitutional rights, internatinal treaties, all that stuff - throw it in the trash.

Actually I think the real problem most people have is with the US GOVERNMENT activily gaining information in violation of the law and the constitution. But our own federal courts have said that the feds can go into a foreign country, abduct someone charged with crimes in the US and drag them back to the US and it is all hunky dory. In this case it was a foreign national who obtained the information and passed it on to law enforcement. The same thing happens in this country all the time. Private citizens eavesdrop, they snoop and they spy and when they find evidence of a crime they turn it over to the police. So long as the police did not encourage the taking of the information then it is going to be admissible, just like whistleblower info.

I remember Carl Levin crying about Aby Ghraib and Gitmo... now he forfeits his right to bitch about Gitmo and the information obtained there if he even looks at one data point from this. But hey, he's fascist (democrat) hypocrite pig bastard so what do you expect.

Douchebag.

Again these things were done BY our government and not by private individuals.

Personally I think the Lichtenstein should swear out a warrant against the guy, and then request formal extrodition. Congress cannot do anything about it and the guy can then be prosecuted in his home country.

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E nos sabemos que alemanha esta diante dentro e atras de nos a alemanha marcha dentos e nos e alemanha segue atras de nos!

[uscitizen]

I would like to see that list.
I fear the poor guy might not live too long.