Gilbert Benz

The attorney for seven plaintiffs who are suing Swiss bank UBS for exposing them to "unnecessary criminal investigations" and "tarnishing their good names" even though five of them have pleaded guilty to tax crimes has defended the complaint.

Seven U. S. taxpayers whose account details were apparently among the thousands turned over to U. S. authorities by UBS AG are suing the Swiss bank and others, including Butterfield Bank in Bermuda, for millions of dollars in damages. The UBS clients claim they did not have "any intention" of evading U. S. taxes and claim they have been exposed to "unnecessary criminal investigations" and IRS audits due to the actions of UBS.

Complaint in Nadia Roberts, Sean Roberts, Bernhard Gubser, Heidi Gubser, Anton Ginzburg, Arthur Joel Eisenberg, Jeffrey Chernick, Shamba, and Simba v. UBS AG, Michael Guignard, Martin Liechti, Raoul Weil, Christian Bovay, Gilbert Benz, Roger Hartmann, Phillip Bigger, Juergen Hirsch, Kenny Pang, Hans Thomann, Marcel Beeler, Gerard Hofmann, Charles Falk, Claude Ullman, Bjorn Mulli, Gian Gisler, Daniel Perron, Beda Singenberger, Sinco Truland AG, Hansruedi Schumacher, Matthias Rickenbach, Rickenbach & Partner, Gilbert Zellweger, The Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd., Wegelin & Co., Delta Investment Partner AG, NZB Neue Zurcher Bank, and Zurcher Kantonalbank at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Ominbus Order Granting UBS' Summary Judgment Motion in Igor Olenicoff and Olen Properties Corp. v. UBS AG, Bradley Birkenfeld, Michael Guignard, Martin Liechti, Raoul Weil, Christian Bovay,  Gilbert Benz, Roger Hartmann, Jacques Beuchat, Peter Kurer, Rene Marty, Neue Bank, AG, Georg Vogt,  Hermann Wille, Paul Buchel, Jost Pilgrim, Willi Wolfinger, Dr. Stephan Laternser, Arnold Wille, New Haven Trust Company Ltd., Mario Staggl, Dr. Jur. Klaus Biedermann, Scott Macaw, Neil Smith, Union Charter, Ltd., David A. Schwedel, Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., Michael Storey, Timothy Vail, David Eichinger, James Alexander Michie, GM Capital Partners, Ltd., Robert Knight, Knight Financial, Ltd., Marc Angst, Gestrust SA, Martin Hochschorner, Jason Sundar, and Herb Lustig at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

UBS AG's Memorandum of Contentions of Law and Fact in Igor Olenicoff and Olen Properties Corp. v. UBS AG, UBS Bank USA, Bradley Birkenfeld, Michel Guignard, Raoul Weil, Martin Liechti, Gilbert Benz, Christian Bovay, Roger Hartman, Jacques Beuchat, Peter Kurer, Mario Staggl, New Haven Trust Company Limited, Dr. Jur. Klaus Biedermann, Neil Smith, Scott Macaw, Union Charter, Ltd., David Schwedel, Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., Michael Storey, Timothy Vail, David Eichinger, Rene Marty, Jason Sundar, and Martin Hochschorner at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Plaintiffs' Witness List in Igor Olenicoff and Olen Properties Corp. v. UBS AG, UBS Bank USA, Bradley Birkenfeld, Michel Guignard, Raoul Weil, Martin Liechti, Gilbert Benz, Christian Bovay, Roger Hartman, Jacques Beuchat, Peter Kurer, Mario Staggl, New Haven Trust Company Limited, Dr. Jur. Klaus Biedermann, Neil Smith, Scott Macaw, Union Charter, Ltd., David Schwedel, Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., Michael Storey, Timothy Vail, David Eichinger, Rene Marty, Jason Sundar, and Martin Hochschorner at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

UBS AG's Witness List in Igor Olenicoff and Olen Properties Corp. v. UBS AG, UBS Bank USA, Bradley Birkenfeld, Michel Guignard, Raoul Weil, Martin Liechti, Gilbert Benz, Christian Bovay, Roger Hartman, Jacques Beuchat, Peter Kurer, Mario Staggl, New Haven Trust Company Limited, Dr. Jur. Klaus Biedermann, Neil Smith, Scott Macaw, Union Charter, Ltd., David Schwedel, Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., Michael Storey, Timothy Vail, David Eichinger, Rene Marty, Jason Sundar, and Martin Hochschorner at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

A billionaire real estate developer who pleaded guilty last year to willfully filing a false tax return in the United States has filed a civil complaint against his offshore bankers and tax planners in which he claims he was unknowingly drawn into illegal activity.Igor Olenicoff's attorney, William J. King, of Horizon Law Group LLP, in California, told OffshoreAlert that the civil action against UBS AG, Neue Bank, and others in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Denmark, Florida and Texas involved much more than the limited criminal activity that his client previously admitted and said the allegations contained in the civil complaint were "not inconsistent" with his plea agreement in the criminal case, which required Olenicoff to accept full responsibility for his actions.