Bradley’s Winnings
The Economist, September 15, 2012
Bradley Birkenfeld was conspicuously absent from a press conference on September 11th to announce his award of $104m from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for exposing schemes used by UBS, his former employer, to help Americans avoid taxes. That’s because Mr. Birkenfeld’s road to riches has been anything but smooth. He is under house arrest until November, having been released from prison only recently for his role in helping a property developer dodge the taxman.
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