Report: Ex-HSBC man says US advised he go to Spain
Source: Associated Press
MADRID — A man wanted by Switzerland on suspicion of stealing confidential banking information now being used by international financial investigators says U.S. officials warned him he was in danger and advised him to go to Spain, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Herve Falciani, a former employee of global banking group HSBC, was arrested in July after he left France by sea and tried to enter Spain through the northeastern port of Barcelona.
In December, Spain's National Court released him after authorities argued Falciani was cooperating with investigators from several European countries in probes into tax evasion, money-laundering and terrorism financing.
He is now fighting extradition to Switzerland, where he is accused of stealing information between 2006 and 2007 related to at least 24,000 customers with private accounts with the Swiss division of HSBC.
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