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“Swissleaks” author arrested in Spain at Switzerland’s request

Hervé Falciani – source: Wikipedia - Click to enlarge According to Tribune de Genève, Hervé Falciani was arrested in Madrid last week at Switzerland’s request. In 2008, Falciani a French-Italian who grew up in Monaco, took confidential information from the Geneva offices of HSBC, his employer, and fled to Lebanon where some claim he attempted to sell it. Later he shared the information with authorities in France and...

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“Swissleaks” author arrested in Spain at Switzerland’s request

According to Tribune de Genève, Hervé Falciani was arrested in Madrid last week at Switzerland’s request. Hervé Falciani – source: Wikipedia In 2008, Falciani a French-Italian who grew up in Monaco, took confidential information from the Geneva offices of HSBC, his employer, and fled to Lebanon where some claim he attempted to sell it. Later he shared the information with authorities in France and sought refuge there in 2009. The information contained client information, some of which related...

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Swiss federal tribunal refuses to help French tax authorities

Tribune de Genève. The French tax authorities will not get Swiss help to investigate tax payers identified in data taken by Hervé Falciani from HSBC private bank in Geneva. © Steeve Baillon – Dreamstime.com HSBC, owner of the private bank in Geneva, which became part of HSBC in 1999 when it was acquired from Republic National Bank, a group run by Lebanese-born financier Edmond Safra, described the data taken from the bank in 2008, as stolen, reported the BBC. In addition, Falciani was later...

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