Top Court Rejects Appeal on Foreign Bank Account Subpoena

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to step into a dispute about whether the government, in a tax-evasion probe, can make a former UBS AG client turn over records about Swiss bank accounts without violating his constitutional right against self-incrimination.

The justices rejected an appeal by a man, identified by the initials M.H., who was held in contempt of court for refusing to comply with a grand jury subpoena seeking records that foreign-account holders are required to keep under the federal Bank Secrecy Act.