title: Lucifer's Banker: The Untold Story of How I Destroyed Swiss Bank Secrecy
author:  Bradley C. Birkenfeld 
description: Bradley C. Birkenfeld is a retired financial industry professional renowned as the most significant whistle-blower in history. He is dedicated to supporting whistle-blower initiatives exposing and eliminating fraud. As a result of Brad's historic actions, the risks and costs to financial institutions that support clients' tax evasion, fraud, corruption, and terrorist activities have increased dramatically. <br /><br /> Birkenfeld holds a BS in Economics from Norwich University in Vermont and an International MBA from the American Graduate School of Business in Switzerland. <br /><br /> A lifelong fan of the Boston Bruins, Brad works with the team to help disadvantaged children, along with other philanthropic endeavors.
zlib_text: 
  
  
  ![Front Cover of Lucifer’s Banker Uncensored](images/0.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # PRAISE FOR
  
  
  # BRADLEY C. BIRKENFELD
  
  
  _“Bradley Birkenfeld—a name you will never forget.”_
  
  
  — _NEW HAVEN REGISTER_
  
  
  _“The most significant financial whistleblower of all time.”_
  
  
  —CNBC
  
  
  _“Simply put, Birkenfeld must be considered among the biggest whistleblowers
  of all time.”_
  
  
  — _TAX NOTES_
  
  
  _“If a single person can be credited with drawing popular attention to the
  offshore world, it may be Bradley Birkenfeld.”_
  
  
  — _FINANCIAL TIMES_
  
  
  _“In 2007, the veil of secrecy was shattered by a whistleblower named Bradley
  Birkenfeld.”_
  
  
  — _THE WASHINGTON POST_
  
  
  _“UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld deserves a statue on Wall Street, not a
  prison sentence.”_
  
  
  — _NEW YORK DAILY NEWS_
  
  
  _“I will say that without Mr. Birkenfeld walking in the door of the Department
  of Justice in the summer of 2007, I doubt as of today this massive fraud
  scheme would have ever been discovered by the United States government.”_
  
  
  —D