Media: HSBC helped clients evade taxes – BBC Russian

Media: HSBC helped clients evade taxes – BBC Russian

• February 9, 2015

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In the transmitted documents contain references to the contributions of nearly 7,000 UK customers HSBC

According to international media, the largest in Britain, HSBC helped wealthy clients evade taxes.

In 2007, a computer expert who worked in a bank in Geneva, stole documents containing information about 100 thousands accounts of customers from around the world.

Access to this information is then received the French newspaper Le Monde, which is part of a joint investigation referred them to representatives of more than 50 journalistic organizations and the media.

Among other things, the data from Le Monde received the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ) The program BBC BBC “Panorama” and the British newspaper Guardian.

In the transmitted documents contain references to the contributions of nearly 7,000 UK customers HSBC.

Loopholes in the law

According to journalists of the program “Panorama”, all the evidence suggests that bankers helped their clients to withdraw from taxation, many millions of dollars for this finding loopholes in the law.

It was found that the UK tax office has access to this information back in 2010.

Thanks to the information received, the British tax authorities have identified more than 1,000 residents of the United Kingdom, actively evade taxes.

With Since then, it took almost five years, however, according to the “Panorama”, only one of them was punished by the law.

At the moment in relation to HSBC Bank to conduct criminal investigations in the United States, France, Belgium and Argentina.

However, in Britain, where the headquarters of the bank, similar steps against HSBC has been taken, said “Panorama”.