Reuters – A key informant in the U.S. tax evasion case against Swiss bank UBS AG has asked a Florida court to postpone the scheduled Jan. 8 start of his prison term, saying he is ready to cooperate further with the U.S. government in the case.
Former UBS banker Bradley Birkenfeld, who was sentenced in August to three years and four months in prison for helping a billionaire hide assets from U.S. tax authorities, made the postponement request in a filing this weekend by his lawyer to a U.S. district court in Florida.
He also requested a hearing to reconsider the 4O-month sentence imposed on Birkenfeld by federal Judge William Zloch on Aug. 21.
