Bradley Birkenfeld

Complaint alleging fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and intentional interference with advantageous or business relationship regarding Plaintiff's book 'Lucifer's Banker: The Untold Story of How I destroyed Swiss Bank Secrecy' in Bradley C. Birkenfeld, a United States citizen residing in Malta who is best-known for whistleblowing on UBA AG, of Switzerland v. Leonard A. Lauder, described as "chairman emeritus" and former CEO of Estée Lauder cosmetics and fragrances firm, and Kevin M. Costner, described as "an American actor, director, producer, and musician", at the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit, in and for Palm Beach County, Florida. Editor's Note: This complaint was filed at state court in Florida 12 days after a similar complaint was dismissed at federal court in Miami for "lack of jurisdiction".

Kevin Costner's Motion to Dismiss in Bradley C. Birkenfeld, a UBS whistleblower residing in Malta v. Kevin M. Costner, a California-based actor, director, and producer, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

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Bradley Birkenfeld's Agreed Motion to Permit Brief International Travel to Provide Testimony in French Law Enforcement Proceeding in USA v. Bradley Birkenfeld at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

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Complaint in Nadia Roberts, Sean Roberts, Bernhard Gubser, Heidi Gubser, Anton Ginzburg, Arthur Joel Eisenberg, Jeffrey Chernick, Shamba, and Simba v. UBS AG, Michael Guignard, Martin Liechti, Raoul Weil, Christian Bovay, Gilbert Benz, Roger Hartmann, Phillip Bigger, Juergen Hirsch, Kenny Pang, Hans Thomann, Marcel Beeler, Gerard Hofmann, Charles Falk, Claude Ullman, Bjorn Mulli, Gian Gisler, Daniel Perron, Beda Singenberger, Sinco Truland AG, Hansruedi Schumacher, Matthias Rickenbach, Rickenbach & Partner, Gilbert Zellweger, The Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd., Wegelin & Co., Delta Investment Partner AG, NZB Neue Zurcher Bank, and Zurcher Kantonalbank at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

UBS AG's Notice of Application for Costs in Igor Olenicoff and Olen Properties Corp. v. UBS AG and Bradley Birkenfeld at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Judgment in Igor Olenicoff and Olen Properties Corp. v. UBS AG and Bradley Birkenfeld at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Ominbus Order Granting UBS' Summary Judgment Motion in Igor Olenicoff and Olen Properties Corp. v. UBS AG, Bradley Birkenfeld, Michael Guignard, Martin Liechti, Raoul Weil, Christian Bovay,  Gilbert Benz, Roger Hartmann, Jacques Beuchat, Peter Kurer, Rene Marty, Neue Bank, AG, Georg Vogt,  Hermann Wille, Paul Buchel, Jost Pilgrim, Willi Wolfinger, Dr. Stephan Laternser, Arnold Wille, New Haven Trust Company Ltd., Mario Staggl, Dr. Jur. Klaus Biedermann, Scott Macaw, Neil Smith, Union Charter, Ltd., David A. Schwedel, Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., Michael Storey, Timothy Vail, David Eichinger, James Alexander Michie, GM Capital Partners, Ltd., Robert Knight, Knight Financial, Ltd., Marc Angst, Gestrust SA, Martin Hochschorner, Jason Sundar, and Herb Lustig at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint in Riwall P. Le Bars and Cristina E. Le Bars v. UBS AG at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

UBS AG's Memorandum of Contentions of Law and Fact in Igor Olenicoff and Olen Properties Corp. v. UBS AG, UBS Bank USA, Bradley Birkenfeld, Michel Guignard, Raoul Weil, Martin Liechti, Gilbert Benz, Christian Bovay, Roger Hartman, Jacques Beuchat, Peter Kurer, Mario Staggl, New Haven Trust Company Limited, Dr. Jur. Klaus Biedermann, Neil Smith, Scott Macaw, Union Charter, Ltd., David Schwedel, Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., Michael Storey, Timothy Vail, David Eichinger, Rene Marty, Jason Sundar, and Martin Hochschorner at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Plaintiffs' Witness List in Igor Olenicoff and Olen Properties Corp. v. UBS AG, UBS Bank USA, Bradley Birkenfeld, Michel Guignard, Raoul Weil, Martin Liechti, Gilbert Benz, Christian Bovay, Roger Hartman, Jacques Beuchat, Peter Kurer, Mario Staggl, New Haven Trust Company Limited, Dr. Jur. Klaus Biedermann, Neil Smith, Scott Macaw, Union Charter, Ltd., David Schwedel, Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., Michael Storey, Timothy Vail, David Eichinger, Rene Marty, Jason Sundar, and Martin Hochschorner at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

UBS AG's Witness List in Igor Olenicoff and Olen Properties Corp. v. UBS AG, UBS Bank USA, Bradley Birkenfeld, Michel Guignard, Raoul Weil, Martin Liechti, Gilbert Benz, Christian Bovay, Roger Hartman, Jacques Beuchat, Peter Kurer, Mario Staggl, New Haven Trust Company Limited, Dr. Jur. Klaus Biedermann, Neil Smith, Scott Macaw, Union Charter, Ltd., David Schwedel, Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., Michael Storey, Timothy Vail, David Eichinger, Rene Marty, Jason Sundar, and Martin Hochschorner at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Indictment in USA v. Josef Beck, a resident of Switzerland, for alleged fraud and money laundering involving UBS AG, Wegelin & Co., and Beck Verwaltungen AG, an asset management firm controlled by Beck.

Class action complaint in Matthew Thomas and Himanshu Patel v. UBS AG at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Superseding Indictment in USA v. Kenneth Heller at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Indictment in USA v. Ernset Vogliano at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

A billionaire real estate developer who pleaded guilty last year to willfully filing a false tax return in the United States has filed a civil complaint against his offshore bankers and tax planners in which he claims he was unknowingly drawn into illegal activity.Igor Olenicoff's attorney, William J. King, of Horizon Law Group LLP, in California, told OffshoreAlert that the civil action against UBS AG, Neue Bank, and others in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Denmark, Florida and Texas involved much more than the limited criminal activity that his client previously admitted and said the allegations contained in the civil complaint were "not inconsistent" with his plea agreement in the criminal case, which required Olenicoff to accept full responsibility for his actions.

The United States Government has applied to a federal court in Miami for permission to serve an Internal Revenue Service "John Doe" summons on two local offices of Swiss private bank UBS AG as part of a criminal investigation into U. S. taxpayers for tax evasion using offshore structures.The U. S. filed an ex parte petition at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on June 30, 2008 for leave to serve the summons on UBS AG at 701 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida and at 100 SE 2nd Street, Miami, Florida.

Former UBS private banker Bradley Birkenfeld is due to be sentenced on August 13, 2008 after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on June 19.

Petition by the USA to serve John Doe Summons on UBS AG, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

A former UBS private banker is set to admit his involvement in helping a billionaire United States real estate developer evade taxes on income earned on approximately $200 million of assets allegedly concealed in bank accounts in Switzerland and Liechtenstein using shell companies in the British Virgin Islands, Denmark, Gibraltar, Panama, and the United Kingdom.

Criminal Indictment in USA v. Bradley Birkenfeld and Mario Staggl at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.