UBS Whistle-Blower Birkenfeld Released From U.S. Prison
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Bradley Birkenfeld, the former UBS AG banker who blew the whistle on how the bank helped thousands of Americans evade taxes, was released today from the U.S. prison in Minersville, Pennsylvania, according to his lawyer.
Birkenfeld, 47, began serving a 40-month sentence in January 2010 at Schuylkill Federal Correctional Institution, and received good-time credit that reduced his term, said his attorney, Stephen M. Kohn. His brother, Douglas, drove him to a halfway house in New Hampshire, said Kohn.