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Freddie Stubbs

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Wed Jan-19-11 12:23 PM
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Swiss banker linked to Wikileaks is found guilty

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Source: BBC

A former Swiss banker who said he gave Wikileaks details of rich tax evaders has been found guilty of breaching Switzerland's strict bank secrecy laws.

A judge at Zurich's Regional Court did so even though the leaked documents referred to accounts in the Cayman Islands.

Judge Sebastian Aeppli fined Rudolf Elmer more than 6,000 Swiss francs ($6,250; £4,000).

But he rejected prosecution demands to give Elmer an eight-month prison sentence.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12231036?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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