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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...wouldn't be the first time the German government struck such a deal. Two years ago, Germany paid an informant $6.3 million to obtain stolen bank details for several hundred members of the LGT banking group who were suspected of evading taxes by putting their money in bank accounts in Liechtenstein. That deal reportedly helped the government recover $250 million in lost revenue by the end of last year. One of the suspects, Klaus Zumwinkel, the former head of Deutsche Post, was convicted of tax evasion and received a two-year suspended prison sentence and a fine of $1.4 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Germany Is Paying Ransom for Stolen Data | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

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