Swiss Bank Mirabaud Queried by Senator on Tax Evasion Case
- Bank held accounts of indicted software tycoon Robert Brockman
- Mirabaud says Brockman ‘went to great lengths’ to deceive bank
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Swiss bank Mirabaud & Cie. is being asked by a powerful U.S. lawmaker whether it told the Internal Revenue Service about a businessman’s accounts that are now part of America’s biggest individual tax-evasion case.
Senator Ron Wyden, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, asked in a letter whether Mirabaud told the IRS about the existence of accounts that benefited Robert Brockman, a Houston software tycoon indicted on charges of evading taxes on $2 billion in income over two decades. Swiss prosecutors froze about $950 million in Brockman accounts at Mirabaud after his indictment last October.