Bradley Birkenfeld can give evidence of the "financial rewards" mentioned in this OECD report. Birkenfeld was the UBS wealth manager who blew the whistle on illegal offshore accounts held in Switzerland by U.S. citizens, and as such, closely resembles the U.S. counterpart of Gibaud. Birkenfeld's disclosures to the U.S. government triggered an investigation against UBS, which was suspected to have enabled tax evasion by U.S. taxpayers. In February 2009, based on the information given by Birkenfeld, the U.S. Department of Justice announced, "The successful negotiation of an agreement that…result[ed] in the IRS receiving an unprecedented amount of information on United States holders of accounts at the Swiss bank UBS." 10 A deferred prosecution agreement was reached with UBS. A total of $780 million in civil fines and penalties was paid by UBS. The release of previously privileged information on American tax evaders was included in the package.