Fraud: the sum recovered by the German tax authorities "grows every day"
According to the German press, the second banking establishment involved in the scandal is a subsidiary of the Swiss Vontobel. Who denies.
The German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung reveals, Tuesday February 26, the name of the second bank of the principality of Liechtenstein appearing in the crosshairs of the tax authorities in the current scandal of fraud: it would be a subsidiary of the Swiss banking group Vontobel.
Information that the Bochum prosecutor's office refused to comment on. It is this same prosecutor's office which had indicated, this weekend, that a second establishment of Liechtenstein, in addition to the princely bank LGT, was suspected. German prosecutors confirmed on Tuesday that they had broadened the scope of their investigations to a second bank.
On Monday, LGT admitted that data stolen in 2002 by one of its employees ended up in the hands of German authorities, and that this stolen information "would have been illegally revealed to other authorities".
But Vontobel has denied any theft or fraudulent use of data on the customers of its subsidiary.
150 searches On
Tuesday, the German justice announced that 163 people had admitted to having committed irregularities. Hans-Ulrich Krück, prosecutor for Bochum, also said on Tuesday that searches were carried out last week at the homes and offices of 150 people. "Of the people concerned by the investigation, 91 admitted the facts and (in part) paid advances to the tune of around 27.8 million euros on the required tax reminders," he said. precise. "The amount grows every day. Other voluntary payments of the same order of magnitude have already been notified."
Information minted 5 million
Berlin, for its part, had recognized that the German secret services had paid between 4 and 5 million euros to an informant to acquire bank data. This information allowed the German justice to launch a vast investigation into tax evaders, including famous personalities, including the boss of the Deutsche Post, Klaus Zumwinkel, who left his post.
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