https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Former French budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac, who resigned in disgrace in 2013 after admitting to having a secret Swiss bank account, goes on trial on Monday for tax fraud. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160208/former-french-minister-goes-on-trial-for-tax-fraud Mon, 08 Feb 2016 11:04:18 +0100 former-french-minister-goes-on-trial-for-tax-fraud Swiss bank UBS was on Wednesday charged with tax fraud in Paris for allegedly helping rich French clients to hide money in Switzerland, a judicial source said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140723/ubs-to-pay-french-15-billion-over-tax-evasion Wed, 23 Jul 2014 22:42:00 +0200 ubs-to-pay-french-15-billion-over-tax-evasion A former customer service representative of UBS appeared before a district court on Wednesday to face charges of bilking 60 Scandinavian clients of around two million francs ($2.2 million). https://www.thelocal.ch/20140716/ex-ubs-banker-faces-jail-for-defrauding-60-scandinavians Wed, 16 Jul 2014 22:55:00 +0200 ex-ubs-banker-faces-jail-for-defrauding-60-scandinavians A former banker who threatened to blow the lid on a list of French politicians and "big names" with Swiss bank accounts fabricated the entire story, a Swiss business newspaper reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130816/swiss-banker-lied-over-french-accounts-report Fri, 16 Aug 2013 15:55:53 +0200 swiss-banker-lied-over-french-accounts-report A former executive of a Geneva-based bank says he gave authorities in France a list of 15 former and current French cabinet ministers with secret Swiss bank accounts. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130703/top-french-politicians-had-swiss-accounts-ex-banker Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:31:00 +0200 top-french-politicians-had-swiss-accounts-ex-banker A French banking watchdog said on Wednesday that it fined the French branch of UBS, Switzerland's largest bank, ten million euros for helping hundreds of well-heeled clients stash money away in undeclared Swiss accounts. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130626/french-banking-watchdog-levies-fine-against-ubs Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:04:00 +0200 french-banking-watchdog-levies-fine-against-ubs France's Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius on Sunday denied a "rumour" in a newspaper report claiming that he may have a Swiss bank account, as the French government struggles to deal with a scandal over undeclared foreign bank holdings. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130408/french-foreign-minister-denies-swiss-account-rumour Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:32:00 +0200 french-foreign-minister-denies-swiss-account-rumour The discovery by Swiss investigators of an undeclared bank account held by France's disgraced former budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac appeared to have sparked his decision to finally come clean about its existence, a Geneva newspaper reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130403/swiss-banks-inquiry-forced-cahuzacs-confession Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:26:00 +0200 swiss-banks-inquiry-forced-cahuzacs-confession France's former budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac confessed on Tuesday to having hidden €600,000 ($770,000) in foreign bank accounts for the last 20 years, reversing repeated denials weeks after a probe was launched into his alleged Swiss account. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130402/french-ex-minister-charged-in-swiss-account-scandal Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:38:00 +0200 french-ex-minister-charged-in-swiss-account-scandal French authorities on Wednesday appointed two top magistrates to oversee an international probe into suspected tax fraud involving a Swiss bank account that has forced France's budget minister to resign. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130320/french-seek-swiss-aid-over-ministers-alleged-fraud Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:34:00 +0100 french-seek-swiss-aid-over-ministers-alleged-fraud Jérôme Cahuzac, French budget minister, resigned on Tuesday night following the opening of a judicial inquiry into a secret Swiss bank account allegedly held in his name but which he has repeatedly denied having. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130319/french-minister-resigns-over-swiss-bank-account Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:16:00 +0100 french-minister-resigns-over-swiss-bank-account France's political elite lined up Thursday to defend the Socialist minister in charge of cracking down on tax evasion after he was accused of hiding money in a secret UBS bank account in Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121207/french-leaders-back-minister-against-ubs-charges Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:30:00 +0100 french-leaders-back-minister-against-ubs-charges French Budget Minister Jérôme Cahuzac, who has pushed for a stronger fight against tax evasion, is categorically denying a report alleging that he had held an undeclared Swiss bank account. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121205/french-budget-minister-denies-having-swiss-account Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:29:00 +0100 french-budget-minister-denies-having-swiss-account