Wegelin & Co.

Criminal Information in USA v. Viktor Kordash, a former client of Swiss bank Wegelin & Co., for failing to disclose an offshore account, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment in USA v. Peter Amrein at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Indictment in USA v. Edgar Paltzer and Stefan Buck, an attorney and private banker, respectively, both based in Switzerland, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Judgment in USA v. Wegelin & Co. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Final Forfeiture Order in USA v. Wegelin & Co. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Wegelin & Co.'s Reply to USA's Sentencing Memorandum  in USA v. Wegelin & Co. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Wegelin & Co.'s Sentencing Memorandum in USA v. Wegelin & Co. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

USA's Sentencing Memorandum in USA v. Wegelin & Co. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Order Granting USA's Ex Parte Petition for Leave to File John Doe Summons on UBS AG as part of an investigation into the tax liabilities of U.S. clients of Wegelin & Co., for which UBS provided a correspondent account, entered at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

USA's Ex Parte Petition for Leave to File John Doe Summons on UBS AG as part of an investigation into the tax liabilities of U. S. clients of Wegelin & Co., for which UBS provided a correspondent account, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Switzerland's oldest private bank, Wegelin & Co. pleaded guilty today at federal court in New York to conspiring to defraud the IRS and agreed to financial penalties totaling $74 million. Sentencing has been set for March 4, 2013.

USA v. Wegelin & Co. - Press Release Announcing Guilty Plea - U. S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York - January 3, 2013

Statement of Facts in USA v. Wolfgang Roessel, a client of UBS and Wegelin & Co., at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

The attorney for seven plaintiffs who are suing Swiss bank UBS for exposing them to "unnecessary criminal investigations" and "tarnishing their good names" even though five of them have pleaded guilty to tax crimes has defended the complaint.

Certificate of Service in USA v. Wegelin & Co. et al at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Seven U. S. taxpayers whose account details were apparently among the thousands turned over to U. S. authorities by UBS AG are suing the Swiss bank and others, including Butterfield Bank in Bermuda, for millions of dollars in damages. The UBS clients claim they did not have "any intention" of evading U. S. taxes and claim they have been exposed to "unnecessary criminal investigations" and IRS audits due to the actions of UBS.

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.

Default Judgment in USA v. All Funds on Deposit at UBS AG in Name of Wegelin & Co. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Motion for Default Judgment in USA v. All Funds on Deposit at UBS AG in Name of Wegelin & Co. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Fairfield Sentry Limited (in liquidation) and Fairfield Sigma Limited (in liquidation) v. HSH Nordbank Securities SA, Wegelin & Co., and beneficial owners held in the name of HSH Nordbank Securities SA, filed at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Two asset managers in Switzerland - Josef Beck and Hans Thomann - have been indicted in the United States for allegedly conspiring with Swiss banks UBS AG, Wegelin & Co. and others to conceal from the IRS approximately $268 million belonging to 67 U. S. taxpayers.

Indictment in USA v. Hans Thomann, a resident of Switzerland, for alleged fraud and money laundering involving UBS AG and Wegelin & Co.

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.

Transcript of a Status Conference in USA v. Michael Berlinka, Urs Frei, Roger Keller, and Wegelin & Co. that was held at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on February 10, 2012.

If the U. S. Government's allegations against Switzerland's oldest private bank, Wegelin & Co., are true, i.e. that the bank actively encouraged and helped U. S. taxpayers conceal their assets from the IRS and, it would be logical to assume, their other creditors and victims, the bank represents the worst of the offshore world and it would be convincing evidence that the bank's managers at the time of the conduct were talentless morons.

Switzerland's oldest private bank, Wegelin & Co., was indicted today in the United States for allegedly conspiring to defraud the IRS and, in a parallel civil action, had $16 million seized at its correspondent bank, UBS AG, due to alleged money laundering.

Forfeiture Complaint by USA v. All Funds at UBS AG Held in the name of Swiss private bank Wegelin & Co., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Superseding Indictment in USA v. Wegelin & Co., Michael Berlinka, Urs Frei, and Roger Keller at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Heller's Sentencing Memorandum in USA v. Kenneth Heller, a client of Swiss banks UBS AG and Wegelin & Co., at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Heller's cooperation contributed to the indictment against Wegelin & Co. bankers Michael Berlinka, Urs Frei and Roger Keller, according to Heller's sentencing memorandum.

Three former client advisers with Swiss bank Wegelin & Co. - Michael Berlinka, Urs Frei and Roger Keller - have been indicted in the USA for allegedly conspiring with U. S. taxpayers and others to conceal more than $1.2 billion from the IRS.

Indictment in USA v. Michael Berlinka, Urs Frei, and Roger Keller, all of Zurich, Switzerland, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for allegedly conspiring with U.S. taxpayers and others to hide more than $1.2 billion in assets from the IRS.

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

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

Italy has requested records from United States based branches of Wegelin & Co. Bank and Bank of America as part of a criminal investigation into an alleged one million Euros fraud against the Italian Authors and Publishers Association by two employees.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Luciano Colelli, Scolastico Pitiglio, Gabriella Maria Ranieri, Giuliana Mula, Alessandro Zanni, Camillus Braxator and David Sean Luntz for alleged fraud to the detriment of the Italian Authors and Publishers Association.