Richard Werdiger, a former client of Zurich-based UBS AG, has pleaded guilty to concealing assets from the IRS in offshore bank accounts.
The 63-year-old is one of 7 former UBS clients believed to have concealed over $100 million from the IRS. Werdiger was accused of hiding $7 million in 3 accounts in Panama and Lichtenstein.
The former UBS client has agreed to pay $3.5 million in civil penalties and faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on June 14. The accusations form part of a larger IRS crackdown on offshore tax evasion, which has previously made UBS a focus of interest.
