Worldwide superrich outstanding 90 billion at the Swiss subsidiary of the British bank HSBC. The Belgian customers -especially diamantairs- account for 5.5 billion euros, as reported by the investigative journalists of ICIJ in what they describe as “SwissLeaks.
The Moroccan King Hassan VI of supermodel Elle McPherson and actor Christain Slater. All three told them at more than 100.00 persons who have an account at the Swiss subsidiary of the British HSBC bank.
The investigative journalists of the ICIJ, which on the Belgian side came from Le Soir, Time and Mo hear, could through the newspaper Le Monde, the entire global customer base of the Swiss subsidiary of the bank to watch in 2007. They named it SwissLeaks. Swissleaks worldwide accounts for $ 102 billion (90 billion euros). According to the newspaper Le Soir, who participated in the research, the Belgian part consists of $ 6.26 billion, or about 5.5 billion.
The Belgian part of the HSBC has long been the subject of a thorough investigation by tax authorities and courts. There is in the press over the last few years a lot written about. The Belgian tax authorities since July 7, 2010 in possession of data of 3,137 files leaked account of 2,450 Belgians who were customers at HSBC in Geneva. It went largely to people from the Antwerp diamond environment but also found a number of people of nobility, lawyers, managers and even athletes between sit.
3,000 Belgians
The BBI got the information at the time of the French court by Hervé Falciani, a former HSBC computer engineer who stole the data. The data where Le Monde and the ICII now got access to it, are also Falciani. The lawyers of the HSBC customers through attempted to prevent the court in our country that the tax authorities could use the stolen information but were known in December 2010 wrong. The tax authorities now claims 434 million of caught Belgians.
However, it was never, regardless of the message that ‘went billions’ to a precise gross amount disclosed how much money is then parked on the accounts used to be. 5.5 billion shows through SwissLeaks.
According Swissleaks is the case of Belgium involves more than 3,000 Belgians or screen while companies had always talked about ’2,450 Belgians. Probably is due to the way that is counted. Possibly, some have more than one account. Besides Belgium also saw France and Spain already HSBC scandal. In France, it is $ 12.5 billion spread over 81,000 accounts.
New is now known is how much money in total at HSBC Private Banking in Geneva was parked. $ 102 billion, or about 90 billion.
Forensics
The Belgian tax authorities meanwhile already sent a lot of messages changes from but most account holders introduce themselves on unwilling. May speculate she is forbidden that the tax authorities appealed to use the information.
At HSBC Private Bank in Geneva is in Brussels a judicial inquiry. Investigative judge Michel Claise suggested the bank last November on suspicion of serious and organized tax fraud, money laundering, illegal exercise of the profession of financial intermediary and forming a criminal organization. With this move aims Claise Switzerland forcing interrogations and other investigative acts to leave.
The file has the Belgian judiciary, is also talk of code language, collusion in Antwerp and Brussels hotels and Belgian clients home , founding screen companies and so on. 70 percent of the people on the Belgian HSBC list are known as active in the diamond world. Worldwide, many famous people on the list Swissleaks from both the sport and the music world. There are also people who are linked with the crime world.
An account have not prohibited by HSBC as long as taxes are paid properly.
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