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Swiss private bank Wegelin & Co. indicted in U. S. for allegedly conspiring to defraud the IRS

Switzerland’s oldest private bank, Wegelin & Co., was indicted today in the United States for allegedly conspiring to defraud the IRS and, in a parallel civil action, had $16 million seized at its correspondent bank, UBS AG, due to alleged money laundering.