Ex-Credit Suisse Client Pleads to Hiding $90 Million From IRS
A former Credit Suisse Group AG client pleaded guilty to a tax evasion conspiracy in which she and family members concealed $90 million from the Internal Revenue Service through undeclared accounts in Switzerland, Israel, Andorra and Panama.
Gilda Rosenberg, a Florida businesswoman, admitted Monday in Miami federal court that she conspired to defraud the US, evade taxes and fail to file foreign bank account reports, also known as FBARs. Her family held about 15 accounts at Credit Suisse — now owned by UBS Group AG — between 1979 and 2013, according to a 27-page statement of facts in the case.
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