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January 20, 2015

Switzerland: Whistleblower Found Guilty of Giving Offshore Banking Docs to WikiLeaks 
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In Switzerland, a whistleblower has been found guilty of violating bank
secrecy laws by giving information on offshore accounts to Wiki Leaks.
Rudolf Elmer headed the Cayman Islands office of the bank Julius Baer
until his firing in 2002. In 2011, he publicly handed compact discs
containing information on offshore account holders to Wiki Leaks founder
Julian Assange in a bid to reveal what he called the "damaging" impact
of hiding money offshore. Elmer's attorney has vowed to appeal the
guilty verdict, which comes with a suspended fine, but no prison time.

 

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