Swiss banking group Reyl enters plea bargain in France over tax fraud

As part of the deal Reyl agreed earlier this month to pay a fine of $3 million

Swiss banking group Reyl enters plea bargain in France over tax fraud
AFPPTI Paris
Last Updated : Jan 22 2016 | 9:41 AM IST
Swiss banking group Reyl has entered a plea bargain with French authorities over allegations it helped clients commit tax fraud, judicial sources said today.

As part of the deal Reyl agreed earlier this month to pay a fine of $3 million, they said.

Top bank executives Dominique Reyl and his son Francois have been cleared of all charges.

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A lawyer for the bank, Kiril Bougartchev, said in a statement seen by AFP that the deal with the French authorities concerned six accounts totalling 4.8 million euros.

The investigation has attracted French media attention after a former bank employee said that more than a dozen French politicians had secret accounts there.

Investigators found no evidence of this and the employee later retracted his allegations.

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First Published: Jan 22 2016 | 12:07 AM IST

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