Sterling Doctor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy Involving Swiss Bank Account
Dr. Andrew Silva of Sterling, Va., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to impede the United States and to making a false statement, the Justice Department, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.
Sentencing has been set for May 7, 2010, before U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady. The defendant remains free on a $50,000 bail pending sentencing. He faces a maximum sentence of ten years in prison and a maximum fine of $500,000.
According to court documents, in 1997, Silva inherited an undeclared bank account from his mother at the Zurich, Switzerland, branch of one of the world’s largest international banks. The bank is headquartered in England and also has offices in Zurich, Geneva, and the Eastern District of Virginia. The account was held in the name of a sham Liechtenstein trust. In 1999, Silva met with an attorney who managed the account in Zurich, Switzerland. The Zurich attorney instructed Silva to keep the account “hush,” to not keep any records relating to the account, and to send coded letters if he wished to meet with the attorney. Further, the Zurich attorney advised Silva that if he transported or mailed less than $10,000 in U.S. currency back to the United States, he would not have to declare the funds to the U.S. government upon re-entry to the United States…
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