Rich Germans were nice names come to mind for their money, hide in the UBS , Switzerland: The a could be a "piggy Bank Foundation" set up, the other a "Black-polar-bear Foundation". And then there was the case of the UBS in Zurich, a "Pumuckl-Foundation", as well as a "Golden-Pumuckl-Foundation", named after the TV leprechaun.
A confusion of the simple Pumuckl with his namesake from Gold could well lead to an earlier Basel UBS employee is convicted for economic intelligence service and violation of the banking and business secrecy. René S. must from 7. January 2019 before the Federal criminal court to answer to.
the last days
The Federal Prosecutor accuses the his forties, to have the customer data from the big Bank to the German tax authorities sold for over a Million euros. René S. denies the allegations. Solid evidence against the father of a family. The Pumuckl-evidence plays a Central role.
downfall of queries, René S., he was supposed to have performed before he left the Basel UBS Department Trusts & Foundations in July 2010. In his last five working days of the René S. scouted according to the indictment 500 customer's data. In particular, he used data from 45 foundations. One of them was the "Pumuckl Foundation", but since it should be to come to a mishap.
More than two years later, the house began to search when in Germany, of the betrayed, René. The raids were in accordance with the indictment, at least 233 UBS clients. The German authorities were to convict tax evaders. In Switzerland, the search for the leak went to work at UBS. René S. came fast into sight, and he seems to be for six years, the only Suspect left. According to the office of the attorney General of the Basel the Only one within the big Bank, which previously had to access the owner data of data subjects foundations course is – although he must do this for professional reasons would not have.
Against René S. also speaks, that he bought in 2012 for a Million euros and an apartment in Mallorca.
René S. should be run out of Pumuckl-likelihood of the consequences of the RAID had As the German tax authorities searched the house of the beneficiary (Beneficial Owner) of the "Pumuckl-Foundation", before throwing them to the Concerned, he had hidden his money in the "Golden Pumuckl". But it was wrong.
The Federal government met legal profession, the confusion and other anomalies as strong evidence against René S. a evaluates, The Federal court has instructed the UBS to give for the holidays to be clarified, whether other employees were able to access all of the data. According to the lawyer, Moritz Gall, the defending S., the indictment, the false impression that only his client could do this. Neither the UBS nor the U.S. attorney's office are investigating the suspicion that the theft of data by a computer-could a technician be done, although there is some evidence of it.
No German legal aid
Against René S. speaks according to the indictment, that he bought in August 2012 for a Million euros and an apartment in Mallorca. The money came from Westphalia, a Bank in North Rhine-Westphalia. The tax authorities in the most populous country had done in the purchase of Swiss Bank data to track tax evaders. Germany cracked ultimately, the Bank secret. UBS agreed to a comparison of over 300 million Euro, to end the tax dispute.
The Federal Prosecutor's office is convinced that René S. one of the beneficiaries of the tax-CD-system. Suspicious, she finds, in particular, that the competent German Prosecutor General's office wanted to give legal aid to the cash flows on the account of René S. in North Rhine-Westphalia, contrary to the practice, and in spite of several reminders and telephone Inquiries.
Finally, the Germans were know for their Swiss colleagues, they would not afford legal assistance. Because this would jeopardize the "essential interests of the Federal Republic of Germany".
(editing Tamedia)
Created: 22.12.2018, 07:48 PM