A US tax evasion investigation that has prompted charges against several Swiss bankers has expanded to include Israeli and Asian banks, according to lawyers close to the probe.
The broadening of the investigation follows advice given by Swiss bankers, concerned at an initial probe into UBS, who allegedly told clients to shift assets to banks in other countries, rather than report them to the US.
“Many of the Swiss bankers simply told their clients that they should move their money to other secret accounts,” said David Garvin, a criminal tax attorney in Miami representing account holders. He said the US government had made it clear it was “going after any bank it knows to be a problem”.
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