Liechtenstein starts investigation of the case over the theft of banking data
11 March 2008The Office of Public Prosecutor of Liechtenstein has declared the beginning of investigation on the case about the theft of confidential data about clients of LGT bank.
As informs AFP, in the theft is suspected Heinrich Kieber, the former employee of LGT bank and some more people, whose names are not informed.
According to the mass-media, Kieber has sold the stolen database to the German special services for 6 million dollars and to the Great Britain - for 197 thousand dollars.
Denmark and France have refused to buy stolen database.
The stolen database contains information about clients from the USA, the Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Canada and Germany.
On February, 26, 2008 Germany has declared that it is ready to give the database bought from the informant to any interested state. Interest to this information was already shown by the USA, Australia, Finland, Sweden and Norway.