Spanish Police Request Documents from Santander in HSBC Investigation
June 03 2016 - 6:29AM
Dow Jones News
By Jeannette Neumann
MADRID--Agents from Spain's police force have requested
documents from Banco Santander SA (SAN) as part of a judicial
investigation into once-secret data dispersed by a former employee
of HSBC Holdings PLC.
Police agents have requested documents at Santander's
headquarters in the town of Boadilla del Monte, about half an hour
outside of Madrid, at the request of a National Court judge.
The judge is investigating data about HSBC clients that was
dispersed by Herve Falciani, a former employee at the Swiss branch
of the bank.
At the request of National Court Judge Jose de la Mata, the
Spanish police has asked Santander to provide documentation "in
connection with certain checking accounts" that the court is
requesting information about "as part of the investigation of the
so-called Falciani list," a spokesman for the National Court said
by telephone.
He declined to provide additional details about the judge's
investigation.
A spokeswoman for Santander declined to comment.
Two spokespeople for the Spanish police confirmed agents had
been at Santander's headquarters on Friday morning, but declined to
provide details on how many agents were at Boadilla del Monte or
how many documents they were requesting.
Write to Jeafnette Neumann at jeannette.neumann@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 03, 2016 06:14 ET (10:14 GMT)
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