Sunday, March 02, 2008

MPs to probe Liechtenstein informant deal


This is good news.

While I am highly critical of Liechtenstein, it is important that evidence obtained was not achieved through illegal means. Tainted evidence is inadmissable.

Onésimo Alvarez-Moro

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HMRC confirmed this week that it had paid a former employee of Liechtenstein bank LGT for the details of account holders

MPs are to investigate the decision by HM Revenue & Customs to pay an informant £100,000 for the bank account details of taxpayers with cash stowed in the tax haven Liechtenstein.

‘I am certain that at some point they will be required to come and explain what they are doing to Parliament. I would expect both the Treasury Committee and the Public Accounts Committee to look into this,’ Labour Treasury Committee member Jim Cousins said.

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