U.S. Tax Cheats Nailed After Swiss Adviser Mails It In

[Purveyor]

By David Voreacos and Patricia Hurtado - Mar 13, 2013
Everybody knows the danger of sending things inadvertently in an e-mail. Beda Singenberger’s case shows you also have to be pretty careful when you mail things the old-fashioned way.

Over an 11-year period, federal prosecutors charge, Swiss financial adviser Singenberger helped 60 people in the U.S. hide $184 million in secret offshore accounts bearing colorful names like Real Cool Investments Ltd. and Wanderlust Foundation.

Then, according to a prosecutor, Singenberger inadvertently mailed a list of his U.S. clients, including their names and incriminating details, which somehow wound up in the hands of federal authorities.

Whoops!

Now, U.S. authorities appear to be picking off the clients on that list one by one. Singenberger’s goof has already ensnared Jacques Wajsfelner, an 83-year-old exile from Nazi Germany, and Michael Canale, a retired U.S. Army surgeon, court records show. Another customer, cancer researcher Michael Reiss, pleaded guilty, though his court records don’t mention the list.

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[warrior1]

1. just imagine

if we could nail ever last one of these tax cheats and have them exposed on front pages of newspapers. Hell they should be tarred and feathered. Also, make them pay all of the back taxes. It's got to be in the billions.

[leftyohiolib]

2. bunch of scummy thieves