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“The transgressions are endless here with respect to the incompetence and corruption of the Department of Justice,” said former UBS banker Bradley Birkenfeld, who was given a 40-month prison sentence.
Awaiting reward, but jail for now
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will continue to provide informa- tion to the government on his own terms,” Dickieson wrote. As late as April 2008, Dickie- son reiterated Birkenfeld’s offer to help Justice in return for im- munity. “Let us know what the DOJ is willing to do.” In May 2008, Birkenfeld got his
answer. Arriving back in the United States for a high school re- union and for meetings with Sen- ate and SEC officials, he was ar- rested. Now he was cooperating fully with Justice — not on his own terms, but under threat of incarceration. Birkenfeld pleaded guilty to helping a single client evade tax- es.
At Birkenfeld’s sentencing last
year, Downing said the banker’s assistance had been indispens- able. “I will say that without Mr. Birkenfeld walking into the door of the Department of Justice in the summer of 2007, I doubt as of today that this massive fraud scheme would have been discov- ered by the United States govern- ment,” Downing said. But Downing faulted him for “failing to disclose his involve- ment with the fraud and the U.S. clients that he aided.” If Birken- feld had been more forthcoming about one of his own clients be- fore the government reached a fi- nancial settlement with that cli- ent, the California real estate bil- lionaire would have been sent to prison, Downing said. “We cannot have people, U.S. citizens, engage in that kinds of fraud scheme, come back here, and put half the leg in the door,” Downing told the court, accord-
Birkenfeld’s 40-month prison sentence makes it all the more imperative that the IRS grant him a large reward and that President Obama grant him clemency, said Stephen M. Kohn, another new lawyer for Birken- feld. “You have to take steps to in- duce other Bradley Birkenfelds to step forward,” Kohn said. Kohn is also executive director of the Na- tional Whistleblowers Center, an advocacy group, which has been working to rally support for Bir- kenfeld. In an interview from prison,
Birkenfeld that said going to the Justice Department was a mis- take, and that his incarceration was an injustice. He accused the government of letting UBS off lightly, and he expressed outrage that, after detaining a senior bank official — one of Birken- feld’s superiors — the govern-
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Know your parents’ finances and get yours in order, too
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grueling particulars, and my sister and I and our families just continue to pretend the inevitable isn’t going to happen. I feel like there’s a tsunami on the horizon.” The storm is coming, and it’s
likely to bring emotional and financial turmoil. I thought I knew a lot about caring for the elderly — and I do — but I still was unprepared for how quickly the workload and concerns would take a toll on my family life. As I trek up and down stairs to the basement guest room checking on my father-in-law and taking him meals, I’m annoyed that when we built our home several years ago, we didn’t include a bedroom on the first floor. We talked about it but believed we had years before it would be an issue. We didn’t have as long as we thought. The burden has largely fallen
on my husband and me to figure out the best care and living situation for my father-in-law. But the most distressing thing about this situation is that he is caught in the middle of a conundrum so many seniors face. He is too rich for most
government-funded social programs and not rich enough to pay for full-time, long-term care services. He was a good steward of his resources, but still it’s going to be tough for him to afford the care he needs. He has health insurance. He
has Medicare. But contrary to what many people assume, Medicare generally does not pay for long-term care, which assists people with daily living activities such as dressing, bathing and using the bathroom. Medicare helps pay for medically necessary skilled nursing or home health care, but only if you meet certain conditions. Medicaid, the state and federal
government program, will pay for some long-term care services, but it’s limited to people with low incomes and limited assets. As we go through the process,
I’ll be writing about our experience and what resources we find. One place I’ve explored is
www.medicare.gov. On the Web site you will find a “Long-Term Care Planning Tool.” You will be asked 12 to 20 questions that will help you start the process of finding long-term care. For now, I have a little advice
to offer. If you have even an inkling that you may become the caregiver for an aging parent or relative, start planning for it now. Ask questions about the person’s finances. Collect information from community and nonprofit organizations. Get your own finances in order because you’ll probably have to pitch in financially. Most importantly, if you are the one in your family whom people rely on or who steps up to take on the challenge when a family crisis occurs, accept now that you will be the one taking care of your elderly parents or relatives. Don’t waste time or expend the emotional energy arguing with siblings that it’s not fair you’re left with this heavy responsibility. Ask them to help, but if they’re unmovable, suck it up, get professional counseling or find a caregiver support group. Prepare now. The time will come before you know it.
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ing to a transcript. Birkenfeld argued that if he di-
vulged client names without a subpoena, he could have been jailed in Switzerland. Dean Zerbe, a member of Bir-
kenfeld’s new legal team, rejected the notion that Birkenfeld did not disclose his own involvement, saying his client told prosecutors “everything that was going on at the circus.” “ ‘Dude, I was the third clown coming out of the clown car. How can you tell me I wasn’t in the cir- cus?’ ”
Given the value of Birkenfeld’s information, the prosecutors should have been offering him a soft pillow, a cup of tea and a cookie, Zerbe said.
ment allowed the banker to leave the United States. “The transgressions are end- less here with respect to the in- competence and corruption of the Department of Justice,” Bir- kenfeld said. Asked to comment, Karen
Kelly, the federal prosecutor, de- ferred to Downing. He declined to comment. In the end, it ap- pears that Birkenfeld could well have delivered on the promise of a once-in-a-career case. For his role in the pursuit of UBS, Down- ing shared a Justice Department award. In a news release last year an- nouncing Birkenfeld’s sentenc- ing, the Justice Department ac- cused him of a litany of wrong- doing and said he was “paying the price.” The Justice announce- ment did not mention that he stepped forward voluntarily to blow the whistle on UBS. The head of the IRS Whis- tleblower Office, Stephen A. Whitlock, declined to discuss the Birkenfeld matter, citing confi- dentiality law. Speaking gener- ally, he said that the whistleblow- er program “is not an immunity program.” “And if the person who is bring- ing us the information has some criminal exposure themselves,” Whitlock said, “then they need to think about that.”
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