Geneva - the Ministry of Justice of the United States is examining whether to evade taxes by the fact that money in secret accounts the Swiss Bank helped, said Friday the American customers wealthy Credit Suisse Group.
The investigation is part of a major checkpoint in edge role played in facilitating tax evasion by U.S. citizens.
Credit Suisse is highest profile Swiss Bank forwarded, as rival UBS AG to help three years ago, in the Switzerland and elsewhere US clients admitted hiding money in offshore accounts. It ended up paying a 780 million fine and give U.S. authorities information on thousands of American account holders.
RS to soften strict bank secrecy offering rules with the agreed Switzerland prompted more information to foreign authorities investigate alleged tax evasion.
Credit Suisse said it was informed of the investigation by letter Thursday and will cooperate with US authorities in the framework of Swiss banking secrecy banking laws.
The bank providing stopped cross-border private banking services for Americans in 2008.
The Switzerland Supreme Court on Friday confirmed the Swiss Government to shop right on the data of UBS customers, a move that has been provided by some of the affected clients in question. The Federal Tribunal in Lausanne said the Government has the right to prevent emergency powers with "serious and virtually uncontrollable economic consequences for the Switzerland", that failed, to order the version of the files.
Observers had expected that a formal investigation against Credit Suisse Bank accused American tax by three former and one current employee of US authorities in February on charges of conspiracy to help, cheats.
Analysts at Zurich Kantonalbank, that a new Treaty, which currently discussed by Bern and Washington - which would automatically control the accounts of the American Bank customers in the Switzerland - could the pressure on the Credit Suisse and other Swiss banks facilitate.
A spokesman for the Swiss Finance Department, Mario Tuor, said the associated press last month that the talks aimed at it, would reach a "comprehensive solution", covering all past tax violations by US-clients and Swiss banks.
Tax experts say that Switzerland has few assets, the links to play during the US authorities pile of evidence against Swiss banks from voluntary information from U.S. clients, which is a reduced accumulable are punishment for tax evasion.
"What the Swiss to do try solved this whole thing only get," said Milan k. Patel, a Zurich tax attorney. When she reach no agreement, said Swiss banks could lose their license to operate in the United States and face could be tracking, corporate executives he.
Shares in Credit Suisse, which the results of the second quarter July 28 releases, closed 1.5 percent of lower 30.12 Swiss francs ($36.91) on the Zurich stock exchange.
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