Identity of Israeli UBS official arrested in tax evasion case disclosed
Tax Authority considering criminal charges against bank on suspicion of assisting Israeli clients evade taxes.
It has been disclosed that Roni Elias is the high-ranking Israeli at the Swiss-based bank UBS who was arrested this summer on a visit to Israel on suspicion of helping Israeli clients evade taxes. The disclosure of the identity of Elias, a former employee of Bank Leumi in Switzerland, follows the lifting of a gag order in the case by Haifa Magistrate’s Court Judge Orit Kantor.
