German Prosecutors Investigating Two Mossack Fonseca Lawyers
- Sueddeutsche Zeitung cites accessory to tax evasion charges
- Panama-based Law firm rejects allegations of wrongdoing
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German prosecutors are investigating the two lawyers at the center of a worldwide data-leak scandal involving shell companies and hidden fortunes, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported.
The Cologne, Germany-based prosecutors are probing Juergen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca, the founders of the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, as suspected accessories to tax evasion, the German newspaper said. It didn’t say where it obtained the information. The prosecutor has declined to comment on the investigation.