Rudolf Elmer (born 1955/1956) is a former employee of Swiss bank Julius Bär. He worked for the bank for close to two decades, the last position being overseeing the Caribbean operations of the bank for eight years until his dismissal in 2002. He came to prominence as a whistleblower in 2008 when he gave secret documents to WikiLeaks detailing the activities of Julius Bär in the Cayman Islands and alleged tax evasion. Before that, he was arrested in 2005 for 30 days. He was convicted in Switzerland in January 2011 and rearrested immediately after for having distributed illegally obtained data to WikiLeaks early in January 2011. Julius Bär alleges that Elmer has doctored evidence to suggest the tax evasion. At a press conference hosted by Alternative List, Elmer gave a report entitled To throw light on the dark side: "I am a critic of offshore business by banks and multinational companies. Offshore centres have multiplied since the 1960s to the present, increasing from 10 to 80. Trusts as in the laws of Commonwealth countries are -- despite being legal -- illegitimate. Privacy protection is important for banking and I am not against bank secrecy but companies abuse this secrecy. I have never received money from tax authorities. I want to change the system." Everyone should get and read the e-book "Tax Heavens", based on Rudolf Elmer's story: it provides a unique insight into the inner workings of tax havens, and constitutes a shocking account on how a Swiss bank has turned the life of a whistleblower into a nightmare, with the complicity of prosecutors, judges and cops, and the passivity of politicians. It is also an account of the extraordinary courage and resilience of a man and his family, with the purpose of helping advance the fight for global justice.RT
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May 26, 2012
Swiss Banker Turns Into Whistleblower And Talks About Politicians & Corruption
Rudolf Elmer (born 1955/1956) is a former employee of Swiss bank Julius Bär. He worked for the bank for close to two decades, the last position being overseeing the Caribbean operations of the bank for eight years until his dismissal in 2002. He came to prominence as a whistleblower in 2008 when he gave secret documents to WikiLeaks detailing the activities of Julius Bär in the Cayman Islands and alleged tax evasion. Before that, he was arrested in 2005 for 30 days. He was convicted in Switzerland in January 2011 and rearrested immediately after for having distributed illegally obtained data to WikiLeaks early in January 2011. Julius Bär alleges that Elmer has doctored evidence to suggest the tax evasion. At a press conference hosted by Alternative List, Elmer gave a report entitled To throw light on the dark side: "I am a critic of offshore business by banks and multinational companies. Offshore centres have multiplied since the 1960s to the present, increasing from 10 to 80. Trusts as in the laws of Commonwealth countries are -- despite being legal -- illegitimate. Privacy protection is important for banking and I am not against bank secrecy but companies abuse this secrecy. I have never received money from tax authorities. I want to change the system." Everyone should get and read the e-book "Tax Heavens", based on Rudolf Elmer's story: it provides a unique insight into the inner workings of tax havens, and constitutes a shocking account on how a Swiss bank has turned the life of a whistleblower into a nightmare, with the complicity of prosecutors, judges and cops, and the passivity of politicians. It is also an account of the extraordinary courage and resilience of a man and his family, with the purpose of helping advance the fight for global justice.RT