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The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday accused Swiss bank Credit Suisse of USA about complicity in tax evasion by US citizens with very high purchasing power.
The two-year investigation focused on the organization’s compliance with a plea agreement it signed in 2014 with the US Department of Justice for alleged tax evasion.
The Legislative Committee said in a statement on its website that it found serious violations of this agreement, including a previously unknown and potentially criminal conspiracy to keep secret foreign accounts secret, and noted that the total amount of this violation is more than $700 million. dollars.
The senators’ inquiries, according to the memo, also shed new light on the extent to which US bankers Credit Suisse aided and abetted foreign tax evasion by American businessman Dan Horsky, who pleaded guilty in 2016 to one of the largest tax evasion cases in American history.
The committee also requested Credit Suisse information on unregistered accounts owned by Americans with more than $20 million in the bank and 23 identified, although the survey is not complete.
For Democrat Senate committee chairman Ron Wyden, everything points to a “massive and ongoing conspiracy to help super-rich American citizens evade taxes and cheat their fellow citizens.”
The legislator recalled that Credit Suisse he received a rebate on a fine he received in 2014 precisely because his executives “swore” they would stop the fraud, but current data shows he did not keep his promise.
The violations include the closing of a large family account with US and Latin American citizens and the transfer of almost $100 million to other banks in Switzerland and other countries without notifying the Department of Justice.
In doing so, the senators pointed out, Credit Suisse as a result, potentially criminal tax evasion went unnoticed for nearly a decade.
“Weak oversight” at Credit Suisse
Former high-ranking bankers of this organization, such as the former head of private banking in Latin America, Alexander Siegenthaler, were involved in the management of large undeclared accounts.
The committee urged the Justice Department to correct what it called “weak oversight” of the Swiss bank, scrutinize compliance with the 2014 pact and hold it accountable for any violations.
Credit Suisse defended itself in a statement on Wednesday, saying it “does not tolerate tax evasion” and that some of the problems identified were ten years old and that steps have since been taken to get rid of those who try to hide assets from tax organs.
New leadership Credit Suissehe added, cooperated with the investigation.
“Our clear policy is to close unreported accounts when discovered and to penalize any employee who does not comply with this policy or standards of conduct. Credit Suisse”, the bank concluded in a statement. EFE
Source: RPP
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