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Mossack Fonseca worker arrested over data theft
Source: BBC
Mossack Fonseca worker arrested over data theft
15 June 2016 Europe
A computer technician at Mossack Fonseca has been arrested on suspicion of removing large amounts of data from the company, the BBC understands.
The employee was arrested at the law firm's Geneva offices after the company provided information to prosecutors.
The employee is accused by the firm of theft of data, unauthorised access and breach of trust.
Thousands of documents were leaked from Mossack Fonseca in April, revealing systematic offshore tax evasion.
Mossack Fonseca says it has not broken any laws or destroyed any documents, and says all its operations were legal.
It is not known at this stage whether the alleged data theft cited by prosecutors this week is linked to the leak in April, dubbed the "Panama Papers".
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15 June 2016 Europe
A computer technician at Mossack Fonseca has been arrested on suspicion of removing large amounts of data from the company, the BBC understands.
The employee was arrested at the law firm's Geneva offices after the company provided information to prosecutors.
The employee is accused by the firm of theft of data, unauthorised access and breach of trust.
Thousands of documents were leaked from Mossack Fonseca in April, revealing systematic offshore tax evasion.
Mossack Fonseca says it has not broken any laws or destroyed any documents, and says all its operations were legal.
It is not known at this stage whether the alleged data theft cited by prosecutors this week is linked to the leak in April, dubbed the "Panama Papers".
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36541252
