Geneva Opens Criminal Probe After Mossack Fonseca Complaint
- Le Temps reported earlier an employee of firm was arrested
- Report also said Geneva office of the law firm was searched
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Geneva prosecutors opened a criminal probe following a complaint filed by Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal that led to revelations about how the world’s rich hide their money.
The investigation is being led by prosecutor Claudio Mascotto, his spokesman said. An IT technician at the Geneva office of Mossack Fonseca has been arrested by police a few days ago, on suspicion of leaking massive amounts of confidential data, Le Temps reported earlier on Tuesday. Prosecutors also searched the Geneva offices of the firm and took some electronic documents, the newspaper reported, without saying where it got the information.