U.S. seeks reduced term for Swiss bank witness

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Business  Tue, 08/18/2009 - 12:08

A former Swiss banker should get a sharply reduced prison term for helping the U.S. as a star witness in a broad tax evasion investigation of UBS, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.


 

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