Igor Olenicoff

Attorney for self-confessed tax cheats defends action for damages against UBS

May 18, 2012

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.

Igor Olenicoff et al v. UBS AG et al: UBS AG’s Notice of Application for Costs

April 27, 2012

UBS AG's Notice of Application for Costs in Igor Olenicoff and Olen Properties Corp. v. UBS AG and Bradley Birkenfeld at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Igor Olenicoff et al v. UBS AG et al: Judgment

April 12, 2012

Judgment in Igor Olenicoff and Olen Properties Corp. v. UBS AG and Bradley Birkenfeld at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Igor Olenicoff et al v. UBS AG et al: Ominbus Order Granting UBS Summary Judgment Motion

April 10, 2012

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.

Igor Olenicoff et al v. UBS AG et al: UBS AG’s Memorandum of Contentions of Law and Fact

April 2, 2012

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.

Igor Olenicoff et al v. UBS AG et al: Plaintiffs’ Witness List

April 2, 2012

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.

Igor Olenicoff et al v. UBS AG et al: UBS AG’s Witness List

April 2, 2012

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.

Real estate developer sues offshore bankers for ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ over failed tax planning scheme

September 17, 2008

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.

IRS seeks court permission to serve summons on Miami offices of UBS AG

July 2, 2008

The United States Government has applied to a federal court in Miami for permission to serve an Internal Revenue Service "John Doe" summons on two local offices of Swiss private bank UBS AG as part of a criminal investigation into U. S. taxpayers for tax evasion using offshore structures.The U. S. filed an ex parte petition at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on June 30, 2008 for leave to serve the summons on UBS AG at 701 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida and at 100 SE 2nd Street, Miami, Florida.

USA v. John Does: Petition to Serve John Doe Summons

June 30, 2008

Petition by the USA to serve John Doe Summons on UBS AG, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.