• 02 Apr 2009 at 1:25 PM

Expect That Knock On The Door

By Bess Levin

The IRS has thrown down the gauntlet. The first arrest in the UBS names scandal has been made.

Steven Michael Rubinstein, an accountant, was arrested in Boca Raton, Fla., and charged with one criminal count of filing a false and fraudulent tax return, according to court papers unsealed on Thursday.

I bet that was a rude surprise.
First Arrest Made in UBS Case [The New York Times]

Comments (22)

  1. 1
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 1:30 PM

    How long till we see a Kennedy?

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 1:37 PM

    Hmm. I think more likely that we see a lot of Madoff victims get a double whammy

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 1:42 PM

    Rubinstein??? Sounds like a god-damned republican!

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 1:44 PM

    That accountant is going to roll right over and ‘double-down’ those Madoff victims.

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 1:45 PM

    @1 four to eight years

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 1:47 PM

    @4: I don’t think they are arresting him for being the accountant for others and filing false claims on their behalf.
    It was HE who had some assets (sounds like about $8 mil) that he was shuffling around between Monaco, the Caymans, etc. That’s what they’re nailing him for.

  7. 7
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 1:47 PM

    so he gets arrested and Geithner gets to be Secy of the Treasury
    this is fair how

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 1:51 PM

    @7 …COME ON DOWN! YOU CAN BE THE NEXT CONTESTANT TO THE PRICE IS RIGHT!

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 1:52 PM

    @7 Because I said so – that’s how.
    the Telepromter Messiah

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 1:55 PM

    @ 9
    Who told you to talk?
    Plasma-Prompter

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 2:02 PM

    Is this the old JB Oxford Stephen Rubinstein. If so, The FBI loves this guy.

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 2:07 PM

    Guest@#6…
    What is a better source of miscreants’ names than a plyable accountant?
    Uncle Sam does want 52,000, not just the 200+ names that UBS turned over.
    The Guy from Delaware

  13. 13
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 2:16 PM

    too U – didn’t BS

  14. 14
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 2:17 PM

    @5 try never

  15. 15
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 2:27 PM

    @10 Uh, umm, you did, didnt you?
    the Teleprompter Messiah

  16. 16
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 2:28 PM

    @7….did you go to high school? Maybe just a little?

  17. 17
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 2:51 PM

    @7 agreed. The answer is becuase he was apointed by Obama and apparently when capt Omerica does something its not hypocracy.
    its DEEEmocracy.
    Billy Dee-mocracy

  18. 18
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 3:36 PM

    Who’s knocking on the doors of Daschle and Geithner?

  19. 19
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 3:40 PM

    @18 Barney Frank is. He’s knocking on the back door.

  20. 20
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 4:00 PM

    They should start with House and the Senate then work into the White House. Then go after Mayor Daley of Chicago.

  21. 21
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 4:21 PM

    God I hate republicans!
    Pro-Business Democrat

  22. 22
    Posted by guest | April 2, 2009 at 4:29 PM

    I think you’re an oxymoron.

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