Topic: WikiLeaks

Rudolf Elmer, a former chief operating officer with Julius Baer in the Cayman Islands who handed internal bank data on tax evaders to WikiLeaks, international tax authorities and allegedly the media has not broken Switzerland’s bank secrecy law, the country’s Supreme Court confirmed last week.

Are you shocked that the Russians might have had an interest in who won the U.S. presidential election? Nations have always had an interest in who rules the nations they deal with – both opponents and friends – and that they often try to influence the outcomes should come as no surprise.

Rudolf Elmer, a former chief operating officer with Julius Baer in the Cayman Islands who allegedly handed internal bank data on tax evaders to WikiLeaks, international tax authorities and the media, has been given a 14-month suspended jail sentence for threatening his former employer and forgery.