Swiss Release Whistleblower and French Request Mutual Assistance from Swiss Bank in Case against former Budget Minister

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Sunday, December 1, 2013

Author:

Bruce Zagaris

Volume:

29

Issue:

12

Abstract:

On September 20, 2013, Swiss private bank Reyl & Cie revealed that it has received a request by French judges for assistance in an investigation over the former French budget minister Jerôme Cahuzac.[1] On September 19, 2013, Pierre Condamin-Gerbier, a former banker at Reyl & Cie, who was a whistleblower witness in a tax fraud investigation into Cahuzac, was released on bail by a Swiss prison.[2]