Fines issued by US regulators for alleged facilitation of tax evasion via Offshore Accounts
http://www.justice.gov/tax/offshore-compliance-initiative
2016
2015
- Deutsche Bank (Suisse) SA[2] $31.026M
- Privatbank IHAG Zürich AG[3] $7.453M
- BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA[4] $59.783M
- KBL (Switzerland) Ltd[5] $18.792M
- Maerki Baumann & Co. AG[7] $23.92M
- Zuger Kantonalbank[10] $3.798M
- Banque Bonhôte & Cie SA[11] $624,000
- Luzerner Kantonalbank AG[12] $11.031M
- Habib Bank AG Zurich[13] $9.4M
- Banque Heritage S.A.[14]$3.846M
- Piguet Galland & Cie SA[16] $15.365 million
- BBVA Suiza S.A.[17] $10.390M
- Schaffhauser Kantonalbank[18] $1.613M
- Finacor SA[19] $295,000
- BHF-Bank (Schweiz) AG[20] $1.768M
- Migros Bank AG[21] $15.037 M
- Graubündner Kantonalbank[22] $3.616 M
- Galler Kantonalbank[23] AG $9.481M
- Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers[24] $1.556M
- Bank La Roche & Co AG[25] $9.296M
- Valiant Bank AG[26] $3.304M
- Schroder & Co. Bank AG[27] $10.354M
- Hypothekarbank Lenzburg[28] AG $560,000
- Bank Zweiplus AG[29] $1.089M
- Privatbank Reichmuth & Co[31] $2.592M
- Banque Cantonale du Jura SA[32] $970,000
- Banca Intermobiliare di Investimenti e Gestioni (Suisse) SA[33] $0 – no penalty
- PKB Privatbank AG[35] $6.328M
- Falcon Private Bank AG[36] $1.806M
- SB Saanen Bank AG[38] $1,365M
- Privatbank Bellerive AG[39] $57,000
- Mercantil Bank (Schweiz) AG[40] $1,172,000
- Banque Cantonale Neuchâteloise[41] $1,123,000
- Nidwaldner Kantonalbank[42] $856,000
- Von Graffenried[44] $287,000
- Ersparniskasse Schaffhausen AG (EKS)[45] $2,066,000
- Société Générale Private Banking (Suisse) SA$17,807,000
- Berner Kantonalbank AG $4,619,000
- Rothschild Bank AG $11.51M[46]
- Banca Credinvest SA $3.022M[47]
- Société Générale Private Banking (Lugano-Svizzera) SA $1,363,000.[48]
- MediBank, based in Zug, $826,000.[49]
- LBBW Switzerland $34,000.
- Scobag private bank $9,090.
- Finter Bank over $5.414 million.[50]
- Vadian Bank AG
Under a non-prosecution agreement, Vadian will pay a $4.253 million penalty, demonstrate that it put in controls to stop misconduct in undeclared U.S. accounts and cooperate in related legal proceedings.[51]
- BSI[52], S.A. (BSI) $211m (the first non-prosecution agreement under the Swiss bank program).
2014
- Bank Leumi[53] $270m.
- Credit Suisse[54] $2.6BN (Credit Suisse Group AG, Switzerland’s second largest bank, pleaded guilty to aiding U.S. taxpayers in evading tax and agreed to pay a penalty of $2.6 billion).
- $1.8B to the DoJ for the US Treasury
- $100M to the Federal Reserve
- $715M to the New York State Department of Financial Services
- Swiss Partners. $4.4M. [55]
2013
- Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG. $23.8M.[56]
- Wegelin & Co. $57.8M.[57]
2009
- UBS[58] $780M (in a deferred-prosecution agreement and provide financial information for almost 4,500 U.S. clients).[59]
- $380 million in profits from maintaining the US cross-border business and
- $400 million for US federal backup withholding tax required to be withheld by UBS, together with interest and penalties, and restitution for unpaid taxes.[60]
Pending:
- On December 8, 2014, the DOJ filed a lawsuit against Deutsche Bank AG in federal court in New York for tax fraud alleging the bank engaged in a series of transactions designed to fraudulently shift tax liability to an underfunded special purpose vehicle. The government is seeking $190 million in unpaid taxes, penalties and interest. On December 19, 2014, a federal judge in Manhattan approved a special summons directed at Sovereign Management & Legal, a Panamanian legal services firm alleged to have helped U.S. clients evade taxes through anonymous banking services.
- Julius Baer Seeking Non Prosecution Agreement Over Tax Crimes.[61]
CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank Limited, its predecessors, subsidiaries, and affiliates.
The IRS also recovers money via is Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program:
“The passage of FATCA coincided with the inception of the IRS’s Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP), which since 2009 has afforded U.S. taxpayers with previously undisclosed overseas assets the opportunity to disclose them and pay reduced penalties. The IRS reported that by 2014, the OVDP had collected $6.5 billion through voluntary disclosures from 45,000 participants. “IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Efforts Produce $6.5 Billion; 45,000 Taxpayers Participate,” available at
(last visited July 31, 2015).”
DoJ Response, “Case: 3:15-cv-00250-TMR Doc #: 16”. August 12, 2015, page 5.
“John Doe” Summonses Issued to Discover U.S. Taxpayers with Offshore Bank Accounts:
- Belize Bank International Limited and Belize Bank Limited for records of correspondent accounts at Bank of America, N.A. and Citibank, N.A.[62]
- UBS AG for records of Swiss bank Wegelin & Co.’s correspondent account at UBS
Wells Fargo, N.A., for records of the Barbados-based Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB)
[1] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/796881/download
[2] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/795876/download
[3] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/795676/download
[4] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/794551/download
[5] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/794556/download
[6] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/794546/download
[7] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/793611/download
[8] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/793151/download
[9] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/792896/download
[10] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/792901/download
[11] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/790411/download
[12] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/789161/download
[13] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/789186/download
[14] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/789166/download
[15] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/789191/download
[16] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/787646/download
[17] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/784816/download
[18] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/782211/download
[19] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/781061/download
[20] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/780026/download
[21] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/778201/download
[22] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/778196/download
[23] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/772326/download
[24] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/772321/download
[25] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/771291/download
[26] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/769171/download
[27] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/767021/download
[28] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/764506/download
[29] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/762271/download
[30] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/762266/download
[31] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/704461/download
[32] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/704451/download
[33] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/704456/download
[34] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/642736/download
[35] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/641606/download
[36] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/641596/download
[37] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/641601/download
[38] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/632876/download
[39] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/632871/download
[40] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/630911/download
[41] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/630906/download
[42] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/630916/download
[43] http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-two-banks-reach-resolutions-under-swiss-bank-program
[44] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/625036/download
[45] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/623866/download
[46] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/451891/download
[47] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/451886/download
[48] http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/450621/download
[49] http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/coming-clean_four-banks-settle-in-us-tax-evasion-scheme/41457480
[50] http://www.deblislaw.com/addition-of-pinter-bank-swells-list-of-foreign-banks-to-which-enhanced-offshore-penalty-applies-to-fifteen/
[51] http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/idUKL1N0XZ1RZ20150508
[52] http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/doj-announces-first-non-prosecution-agre-6885
[53] http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-fines-israeli-bank-400-million-in-tax-evasion-case/
[54] http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/credit-suisse-pleads-guilty-conspiracy-aid-and-assist-us-taxpayers-filing-false-returns
[55] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/10/swiss-company-fine-us-tax-dodgers
[56] http://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-announces-agreement-liechtenstein-bank-pay-238-million-resolve
[57] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20907359
[58] http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ubs-enters-deferred-prosecution-agreement
[59] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBS_tax_evasion_controversy
[60] http://www.financeasia.com/News/137721,ubs-pays-780-million-to-settle-tax-evasion-charge.aspx
[61] http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/intfinlaw/2015/04/julius-baer-seeking-non-prosecution-agreement-over-tax-crimes.html
[62] http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/court-authorizes-irs-issue-summonses-discover-us-taxpayers-offshore-bank-accounts-belize-ba-0