[pp.int.general] Hervé Falciani likely to be extradited to Switzerland

[Daniel Riaño]

Ok, this thread is becoming more and more interesting (but lets keep
mother Theresa, the nazis and the Jews out of this thread, interesting
as they all are in their own right; sorry if I inadvertently
introduced the former as a focus on this absolutely unconnected
thread)

We have this guy, Hervé Falciani, a computer specialist who used to
work for the HSBC (one of the largest banks in the world), and
specifically at its branch in Geneva, from 2001 to 2008. From 2007 to
2007 he subtracted data about c. 24,000 bank customers and business
(spread along c. 1300.000 computer files). Most of them were large (or
very large) fortunes who had subtracted large or very large amounts of
money to they respective fisco bureaus; some of them as part of the
money washing procedure
(http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/hsbclavoensinaloa100millonesdedolares-1337523.html),
others just to keep all of their money, without the need to share it
with their fellow citizens via taxes, etc.

Apparently he tried first to sell all this information to various
banks, secret service agencies, etc, while he was still working for
the HSBC, without success. For years he tried and tried, until his
activities at the bank were discovered, and he flew to France (he has
French and Italian nationality). The Swiss police asked the French for
his detention, but the later declined, and they took hold of the
servers instead & with the help of Falciani shared the relevant data
with the police and economic bureaus from other countries who
expressed the wish to have this information. All this data allowed the
authorities in Spain, France, Italy and other countries to recover
several hundred millions in unpaid taxes (certain cases were
notorious, as the 200 millions evaded by relatives of Emilio Botin,
the president of Banco Santander)

He was arrested in Spain July 1, and he is awaiting extradition to
Switzerland, where he faces an accusation that coul end in a 7 year
imprisonment sentence.


http://www.ticinofinanza.ch/index.cfm?mode=comunicati&id=5497

http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2012-07-29/falciani-ecco-nuove-liste-144231.shtml?uuid=Abv503FG

2012/8/11 Charly Pache <charly.pache at gmail.com>:
> Hi, I'm from Switzerland ;)
>
> In my opinion, there is an economic war going on in the background of this
> affair and the countries who support such whistle-blowers do not have clean
> intentions. The secret concerning the clients in Switzerland comes from WW2,
> to protect Jews and other political dissidents from death penalty they would
> risk if they put money outside Germany or France. Nowadays, okay, the war is
> over, the fascists are down. But anyway, I do prefer to support
> whistle-blowers who relay information about what governments do wrong than
> the ones who hand over private data of citizen to governments.
>
> Furthermore, the very rich people don't choose Switzerland to hide most of
> their money, they do prefer to use the anglo-saxon 'trusts' where the
> identity of the people owning the money is really well hidden.
>
> So, I'm really not sure we should support this guy, it seems he worked as a
> spy in Lebanon and that he is already protected by the french police..
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Daniel <danielrr2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> This is not a trial of personality, but a question of defending legitimate
>> whistle blowers who have contributed a good deal to the politic and economic
>> wealth in several countries. I, too, liked Mother Theresa of Calcuta very
>> much, but I don't think we must expect her kind of behaviour from all the
>> people who deserve our support.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> El 11/08/2012, a las 18:51, Josep Sanchez <papapep at gmx.com> escribió:
>>
>> > He,
>> >
>> > Didn't he try to trade and make business with the data he stole from
>> > HSBC? What's the point in supporting him? or am I missing something.
>> >
>> > Cheers.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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