White Collar Crimes

July 28, 2009

UBS Client Pleads Guilty in Fort Lauderdale Federal Court

By The Law Offices of Richard Ansara, P.A.

Jeffrey P. Chernick of Stanfordville, N.Y., pled guilty today on the charge of filing a false tax return in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Federal Court. This is the result of an ongoing attempt by the United States Government’s efforts to force the United Bank of Switzerland (UBS) to divulge the names of thousands of wealthy American’s who may have large amounts of money in UBS accounts.

Arrests for South Florida UBS white collar crimes have already occurred and it seems likely that other arrest are sure to follow.
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July 14, 2009

Weston Man Charged with Operating $14M Commodities Fraud

By The Law Offices of Richard Ansara, P.A.

The Commodities Future Trading Commission alleges that Weston resident Sean Nathan Healy ran and operated a multi-million dollar securities scheme. The civil complaint alleges that Sean Nathan Healy defrauded 44 investors of approximately $14 million dollars.
The Broward County man is accused of operating the white collar scheme in order to make extravagant purchases such as a $2.5 million home, luxury cars, gold bullions, and a $500,000 home theater. On Monday a Federal Judge issued an order freezing Healy’s assets.
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April 8, 2009

Fort Lauderdale Judge Frees UBS Client on $12 Million Bond

By The Law Offices of Richard Ansara, P.A.

A Florida judge on Wednesday ordered the release on a $12 million bond of an accountant charged with tax evasion in the first prosecution of wealthy U.S. clients of Swiss bank UBS. Steven Michael Rubinstein, who worked for a company in the yacht-building business, was arrested and charged last week with filing a false tax return by failing to disclose the account he controlled at UBS, Switzerland’s largest bank.

U.S. authorities have said there will be other tax evasion prosecutions against American clients of UBS as they wage a legal battle with the Swiss bank to try to force it to give up the names of tens of thousands of Americans suspected of cheating the U.S. government by concealing accounts abroad.

Tax evasion is not considered a crime in Switzerland.

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Should this legal battle result in a victory for the United States Government, expect a wave of criminal prosecutions for tax evasion amoung America’s wealthiest.
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