Bradley C. Birkenfeld, the former banker at UBS, who served two and a half years in prison for conspiring with a California developer to evade United States income taxes and who was awarded a record $104 million for revealing secrets of the Swiss banking system has written a book which will be released on October 18. The name of the book is Lucifer’s Banker, The untold story of how I destroyed Swiss bank secrecy and it is being published by Greenleaf Book Group Press.
Birkenfeld, 51, divulged the schemes UBS used to encourage American citizens to dodge their taxes. This led to an investigation that has greatly diminished Switzerland’s status as a secret haven for American tax cheats. The Treasury to recover billions in unpaid taxes.
He holds a BS in Economics from Norwich University and an International MBA from the American Graduate School of Business in Switzerland.
Jeffrey Newman represents whistleblowers but he does not represent Mr. Birkenfeld.