Bank Leumi le-Israel Ltd. who thought they were approved for IRS amnesty were just told otherwise.

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It appears to be part of a larger situation re the investigation of Leumi, its representatives, etc.

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Keneally also listed another cause that (in theory) might explain why a clump of Bank Leumi customers were thrown out of the program.

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Last December, Bank Leumi sent a letter to U.S. clients advising them of the OVDP program and suggesting they consult lawyers about participating.

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But Robbins suggested that the IRS might have simply decided that it wanted to have its pick of which Bank Leumi customers to prosecute.

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One was Vladimir Jabotinsky, whose ideas inspired both the Irgun Zvai Leumi resistance movement in wartime Palestine and the Likud party in present-day Israel.

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Some American taxpayers with secret accounts at Bank Leumi le-Israel Ltd.

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Ironically, Bank Leumi sent a letter to its U.S. account holders last December telling them about the OVDP and suggesting they consult with an attorney about participating in it.

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Nationally, Bank Leumi USA says, developers of luxury apartment buildings are selling them to commercial buyers for cap rates of 6% to 7%--one to two percentage points over ten-year Treasury yields.

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Leumi Bank in Israel had a problem.

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