RUDOLF ELMER
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Following a lengthy legal battle, Zurich prosecutors now have to look into claims that in 2004 Julius Baer hired private investigators to intimidate and harass Rudolf Elmer and his family. So far, only Elmer himself and the alleged perpetrators had been heard. According to the Supreme Court verdict, prosecutors now have to interview Elmer's neighbours as witnesses. Elmer says that he forwarded data on Julius Baer to Wikileaks in 2008, and in January 2011 he handed over two CDs to Julian Assange at a London press conference. He was subsequently sentenced for violating bank confidentiality in January 2011.
2011-04-15 Supreme Court decides that Elmer's allegations against Baer have to be investigated | WL Central
ex-banker faces new probe over WL data
ZURICH/LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Police questioned former banker Rudolf Elmer on Thursday over possible fresh breaches of Swiss bank law for giving data to WikiLeaks this week, a day after he was found guilty of violating bank secrecy. Authorities have 48 hours from Elmer's arrest to decide whether they have grounds to hold him in custody for longer, state prosecutor Peter Pellegrini said on Thursday. The prosecutor's office confirmed that Elmer had been questioned, but declined to provide further details. Elmer was taken into custody by police on Wednesday evening, hours after he was convicted of breaching strict banking secrecy by passing on private client data and of threatening employees at his former firm Julius Baer ( BAER.VX ).
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Elmer Launches Swiss Whistleblower site
Rudolf Elmer, founder of Swiss Whistleblower will appear in court on January 19. He was fired from Swiss bank Julius Bär in 2002, after which he sent documents to several media outlets and Wikileaks, exposing allegedly illegal activities by Julius Bär clients in the Cayman Islands. Wikileaks was briefly shut down by a US court following publication of these documents. Unlike most whistleblowers, Elmer's identity was never a secret . I wasn’t looking for anonymity. I signed the first whistle-blower letter to emphasise the credibility but also to show my civil disobedience.
2010-01-11 Swiss whistleblower faces charges | WL Central
Rudolf Elmer in Mauritius: “Well-known pillars of society will hold investment portfolios and may include houses, trading companies, artwork, yachts, jewellery, horses, and so on.” Photograph: Rene Soobaroyen for the Guardian The offshore bank account details of 2,000 "high net worth individuals" and corporations – detailing massive potential tax evasion – will be handed over to the WikiLeaks organisation in London tomorrow by the most important and boldest whistleblower in Swiss banking history, Rudolf Elmer, two days before he goes on trial in his native Switzerland. British and American individuals and companies are among the offshore clients whose details will be contained on CDs presented to WikiLeaks at the Frontline Club in London. Those involved include, Elmer tells the Observer , "approximately 40 politicians".