SPIEGELONLINE INTERNATIONAL: The German man who sold officials data that has sparked the biggest tax evasion investigation in German history has requested another new identity out of fears he may be killed. The man is said to be concerned that powerful foreigners and despots who held accounts at the bank may retaliate.
Heinrich Kieber, the man who sold explosive customer data (more...) from LGT bank in Liechtenstein to Germany's foreign intelligence agency, the BND, is fearful for his life. Kieber, who has been bestowed a new identity as part of a witness protection program, complained in a letter to the BND about the fact that his name has been exposed and is demanding another change of identity.
Kieber first took up contact with the BND in January 2006 under the codename "Julia." And he eventally [sic] sold a DVD contaning [sic] the details of 2,000 client accounts worth more than €4 billion for a reported €4.2 million ($6.47 million.)
His latest letter was sent to the BND only a few days after prosecutors raided the home and offices (more...) of Deutsche Post Chairman Klaus Zumwinkel, who would step down from his post just days later. Kieber is said to be afraid of foreign potentates who belong to LGT's roster of customers. Members of the Saudi royal family are said to be among them as well as former Indonesian dictator Suharto, who died in January and who Indonesian justice authorities claimed illegally funneled more than a billion euros into foreign accounts. Waves of Germans Turn Themselves In >>>
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