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05 Aug 2008
German state prosecutors have been handed new data on Liechtenstein account holders that could extend the scope of an investigation into tax evaders using the principality to stash money away, the FT reported.
A man facing charges relating to handling bank data from the tax haven has given documents to authorities covering 1,850 people holding assets at Liechtensteinische Landesbank, the second largest bank in the principality.
Lawyer Astrid Denecke, acting for Michael Freitag, said: 'We handed the documents to the court in his [Mr Freitag’s] name and the court passed them on to the Rostock prosecutor. We hope this act of co-operation will contribute to reducing... punishment.'
Freitag, a German national, is on trial charged with trying to blackmail the Liechtenstein bank into paying €13m (£10m) for the return of secret account data stolen by an employee.
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