“Tax authorities in the canton of Zurich are demanding 1.5 million francs ($1.6 million, €1.2 million) from the family of an Austrian man who committed suicide after he was arrested in September 2010 for stealing and selling the data to authorities in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The 42-year-old Credit Suisse employee reportedly received 2.5 million francs for the stolen data, which led German authorities to raid branches of the Swiss bank in 13 German cities. Swiss authorities had blocked the heirs’ access to his entire estate in anticipation of the tax payment.”
http://www.thelocal.ch/page/view/swiss-to-tax-family-of-suicide-data-thief
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