Il banchiere di Lucifero. Come ho distrutto il segreto bancario svizzero
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Bradley ce l'ha fatta: è arrivato in cima alla scala dorata della finanza. Può permettersi di girare in Ferrari e di annaffiare le sue cene con lo champagne, i suoi clienti lo invitano in vacanze in yacht e sui loro jet privati. Il prezzo di questo successo? "Solo" vendersi l'anima al sistema bancario svizzero, lavorando come esperto di aziende offshore e operazioni finanziarie ai limiti - e oltre i limiti - della legalità. Il suo mestiere è infatti nascondere per conto dei suoi clienti milioni di dollari, schermandoli da partner commerciali, coniugi e autorità fiscali. Fino a che Bradley fa i conti con se stesso e decide di rivoltarsi contro il mondo corrotto di cui fa parte. Denuncia la grande banca svizzera per cui lavora, UBS, e di fatto se stesso. Viene arrestato e condannato, nonostante aiuti il Tesoro statunitense a recuperare più di 15 miliardi di dollari tra imposte evase e sanzioni. Finirà in carcere, ma riceverà un premio per il suo contributo all'accertamento della verità. L'autore ci conduce dietro le quinte del dorato mondo bancario privato elvetico, dei suoi segreti meglio custoditi e della sua clientela più ricca e potente, tra cene di lusso, frodi, guerre intestine e confessioni personali. Un vibrante racconto in prima persona, una rivelazione shock sull'impero dell'illecito, che ha subito, grazie a lui, un duro colpo, ma che resiste e prospera in molte parti del mondo.
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- Pagine: 372
- Data di uscita: 13-03-2018
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In the hands of a good journalist this could have been 5 star material. Author becomes investment banker, makes a killing in Switzerland helping US citizens evade taxes, whistleblows the whole thing, spends 3 years in jail, gets $100M reward from the IRS for the largest ever recovery of taxes. Unfort Leggi tutto
A tell all story by a former American banker who worked for the Swiss bank UBS. The information he provided broke the Swiss banks secrecy and made it possible for the US Government to obtain previously withheld banking information for US citizens. Although he was prosecuted, and served prison time,
A tell-all that tell about zilch. It's probably a new thing: tell-nothing.
Wary of writing a review since the author is both rich-as-fuck and highly litigious, but I guess I'll take the risk. I've also tried to review previous autobiographical books written by basically horrible people as judgments on the book and facts and not my opinions about the authors. The book presen Leggi tutto
Nothing more than a vanity project Hugely disappointing book that I was really looking forward to reading. Instead of giving inside info on the inner workings of Swiss banking and the fraud associated with it we get a nonstop rant by a guy who seems every bit as unlikable as the criminals he exposed Leggi tutto
Lucifer’s Banker by Bradley Birkenfeld (3 Stars) Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advance copy of this book in return for an honest review. This tell-all tale of Swiss banking and tax evasion by the super-wealthy is written in the same vein as Frank Abagnale’s Catch Me If You Can. You n Leggi tutto
Oh my. Rarely have I so strongly disliked an author after only a few pages. And yet, despite that, I found it an interesting read. Perhaps because it reinforced my stereotype of Switzerland:: fast cars, fast women, fast fortunes, all fueled by dirty money. While a visit to Geneva has disabused me of Leggi tutto
The topic was interesting, especially learning about the enormous scope of tax evasion that takes place in the US and most importantly how many people and law firms engage in abetting tax evasion along with the complicity of some in the US government. But the author comes across as if his main motiv Leggi tutto
The book seems like a very subjective take and I have no time to dig deeper. Birkenfeld claims to have brought UBS to its knees by blowing the whistle on their recruitment of and banking practices for wealthy American clients hiding assets from the IRS. I don’t know if others were involved. Birkenfe Leggi tutto
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