Exclusive: Ex-UBS banker sought in tax probe being extradited to U.S.

By Valentina Accardo BOLOGNA, Italy (Reuters) - Raoul Weil, an ex-UBS banker charged by U.S. authorities for allegedly helping Americans dodge taxes via secret Swiss bank accounts, was being extradited to the United States from Italy to face a trial likely to reignite a global debate on tax fraud. One of his lawyers and a judicial official told Reuters Weil had left Dozza prison in Bologna early on Friday and was being extradited to the United States. He faces up to five years in jail for allegedly conspiring to defraud the United States. Weil's lawyer in the United States, Aaron Marcu of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, declined to comment.

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