Swiss banker gets no prison in ‘Singapore Solution’ tax scam

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He took part in a scheme to help wealthy US clients hide more than $81 million in assets.

The judge sentenced Daniel Walchli on April 2 to the brief time he spent in custody after surrendering in 2022.

Daniel Walchli, 56, pleaded guilty in 2023 to a single count of conspiracy to defraud the United States for his role in setting up a structure for American clients of Privatbank Ihag to evade scrutiny by tax authorities. US District Judge Gregory Woods sentenced Walchli on April 2 to the brief time he spent in custody after surrendering in 2022.

Walchli admitted conspiring with Privatbank executives and others from 2008 to 2014 to allow favoured clients to maintain secret accounts despite stepped-up US government enforcement and investigation of accounts held by American taxpayers in Switzerland. “I deeply regret what I have done, to you, Your Honour, to the government and to the American people,” Walchli told the judge at a sentencing hearing in Manhattan federal court.

 

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