Posted on 01/16/2011 5:03:35 AM PST by markomalley
Rangel,
Gore
Clinton
Who else “vacations” in the area?
“Those involved include, Elmer tells the Observer, “approximately 40 politicians”. “
Now that would explain why congress is so frisky after wikileaks threatened to turn over banking information.
Come to think of it. Didn’t wikileaks say they were going to release information on a big bank at the beginning of January. Strange that I never heard a thing.
...Julius Baer has denied all wrongdoing, and rejects Elmer’s allegations....Mr Elmer spread baseless accusations and ....To back up his campaign, he also used falsified documents. The bank also accuses Elmer of threatening colleagues...
Oh it turns out the names of the perps are going to withheld by wikileaks. So Wikileaks is not so interested in exposing fraud after all.
2009 Sales - $1,815M
2009 Income - $375M
Employees - 3,078
Chairman - Raymond J. Baer
CEO - Boris F.J. Collardi
Fees & commissions comprise 53%; Interest - 31%; Trading & other - 16% of revenues.
The financial services firm provides private banking and investment advisory services to wealthy individuals and asset managers around the world. Through the subsidiary Bank Julius Baer and other units, the firm is the largest independent private bankers among the traditional Swiss banking companies. Julius Baer has more than 40 offices in many of the world's financial centers, from Dubai to Tokyo. In 2009 the company spun off GAM Holding and divested its stake in advisory firm Artio Global Investors to focus on its private banking business.
In early 2010 the company acquired ING's Swiss private bank, which also has operations in Monaco and Jersey, to add to its Monaco-based previous acquisition Capital Invest. It also plans to buy Italian asset manager Alpha SIM, which specializes in advisory services for high net-worth individuals. The firm recently opened a branch in Abu Dhabi and is looking for merger or acquisition opportunities in Asia.
Company also has branches in Tokyo and does business in Grand Cayman under the name Ursa Company Ltd., and as Bronte International SA in British Virgin Islands. Other affiliates include Arpese SA, Bank Julius Bär Europe AG, Ferrier Lullin Trust Management SA, Infidar Investment Advisory Ltd. and JB Swiss Capital Market Research Ltd.
Swiss whistleblower to hand over offshore banking secrets...to WikiLeaks ---- will show “approximately 40 politicians” with offshore accounts.
Well, since he already has his own website ( http://swisswhistleblower.com ) why couldn't he post the info there, and/or give it for publication to NYT, WaPo, The Guardian, Le Figaro etc. etc. - why give it to Wikileaks to publish? To gain "credibility" because it would come out of highly "controversial" and "credible" source?
Wikileaks is trying to claim credit for Tunisian revolution / coup, which means it is on 10+ minutes of its 15 minutes of fame, and Assange must now rely on unspecified threats blackmail tactics to save his skin from jail. As such, he needs and attracts fellow scoundrels who think this tactic will work for them.
Sounds like one weak hand is trying to wash another weak hand, in an attempted fuzzy blackmail threats, going on the theory that "there's the strength in numbers". So far it has already backfired on Wikileaks recent dumps, so I'd like them (and the spinoff OpenLeaks outfit) to keep going with the documents dumping. How does it go, "you can't cheat an honest man"?
From Elmer, whistleblower or a bitter ex-banker? - AAP (Australia) | 2011 January 18
..... His main aim is to challenge banking secrecy before the European Court of Human Rights, as well as the Swiss justice system that he will face on Wednesday. < snip > ..... The public prosecutor accused him of seeking to blackmail the bank by threatening to publish documents and is seeking a suspended eight month jail sentence as well as a 2,000 Swiss franc (1,555 euro) fine. The former banker nonetheless believes that it is possible to have an "ethical and moral" system of wealth management. When Elmer was sacked in 2002 he left the bank with a ream of internal documents, a claim confirmed by Julius Baer in 2005 when it lodged a formal legal complaint against persons unknown. In 2008, data Elmer provided was published on Wikileaks, promoting a US court to serve a temporary injunction closing down the whistleblowing website at the request of the bank. Swiss television SF1 reported some of the documents turned out to be false. ..... < snip > < snip > ..... Swiss private bank Julius Baer portrays Elmer as a disgruntled former employee who is waging a personal vendetta after being fired in 2002. ..... < snip >
Any "dumped" documents (from supposedly 2,000 Grand Cayman accounts) are not likely to be fresher than 2002 and have been mostly "out" already, on Wikileaks in 2008 and through court filings since 2005, so don't expect much in the way of "grand" disclosures, especially if it affects 1990's U.S. Capitol Gang.
Does it sound a bit (a lot?) like The Informant!, a 2009 movie about corrupt cheater Mark Whitacre, the whistleblower against corrupt price-fixing agricultural (corn, soy and wheat) giant ADM and Andreas family, only in this case there is, so far, no evidence of wrongdoing (i.e., inconsistency with banking secrecy laws of Switzerland, Grand Cayman, Bahamas etc.) by Julius Baer Gruppe AG?
Also, is this the "big bank" document dump that Assange threatened, which almost everyone took to be the Bank of America? If so, then it sounds like another thud...
I hope they expose EVERYONE of the CROOKS! Course, nothing will EVER happen to the scumbags but at least they will get their chains yanked!
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