Economics

UBS Whistle-Blower Hunts Trillions Hidden in Treasure Isles

  • Estimates of offshore wealth range as high as $32 trillion
  • Rich also finding onshore havens in U.S., Hong Kong, London

George Town in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

Photographer: David Rogers/Getty Images South America
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John Christensen called Jersey home. A native of the scenic isle off England’s southern coast, he was a government economist with a hillside villa that had views of France.

“I was set,” Christensen said last month in an interview at a London cafe. “We had a pretty good lifestyle and plenty of friends.”