Sinco Truland AG

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.