In Switzerland raids held today at HSBC, the British bank that has been discredited because of possible tax fraud. The prosecution of the Canton of Geneva launch a criminal investigation into HSBC Private Bank for laundering.
“The prosecution announced that, in light of the recent revelations regarding HSBC Private Bank (Switzerland), criminal proceedings have been launched against the bank and against strangers, because money laundering, “says a press release from the prosecution.
The research was initially directed against the bank, but could be extended to physical persons,” which would be suspected of money itself to have laundered, or it having participated.
The British regulator announced FCA open already in an investigation into the practices of HSBC.
The Swiss branch of HSBC is in the eye of the storm now appears that she has helped thousands of clients to hide billions of euros to the tax authorities. Belgium would with more than 3,000 customers in the ten
‘Sorry’
Last weekend placed the bench-page ads in several newspapers to apologize for the help they provided to clients who wanted to evade taxes. It shows CEO Stuart Gulliver understand all the negative reactions that the private bank had to swallow the last few weeks: “We understand that the more society expects of us. Therefore, we offer our sincere apologies. We have absolutely no desire to do business with customers who evade taxes “
However, he does not give up just like that”. We must all remain seen in the right context. The date when all the media coverage is based were stolen eight years ago. The media has been dealing with events that already are in the past and are not representative of how we do business now. “
In addition, many of the clients who evaded taxes also no longer welcome at the bank, Gulliver said.
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