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Date: 2015-11-30 11:01:12
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http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/nov/27/hsbc-whistleblower-jailed-five-years-herve-falciani
By Juliette Garside
The Guardian
27 November 2015
The whistleblower who exposed wrongdoing at HSBC's Swiss private bank has
been sentenced to five years in prison by a Swiss court.
Hervé Falciani, a former IT worker, was convicted in his absence for the
biggest leak in banking history. He is currently living in France, where
he sought refuge from Swiss justice, and did not attend the trial.
The leak of secret bank account details formed the basis of revelations –
by the Guardian, the BBC, Le Monde and other media outlets – which showed
that HSBC's Swiss banking arm turned a blind eye to illegal activities of
arms dealers and helped wealthy people evade taxes.
While working on the database of HSBC's Swiss private bank, Falciani
downloaded the details of about 130,000 holders of secret Swiss accounts.
The information was handed to French investigators in December 2008 and
then circulated to other European governments.
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