Supreme court set to demand name of illicit savings list source

50 euro notes moneyTwo civil servants will have to name the source of a document containing the names of hundreds of people with illicit bank accounts abroad, the Telegraaf reported at the weekend.

The paper says the advocate-general is recommending to the Supreme Court that it order the men to reveal the name of the source. The paper bases its claims on the advocate-general’s report which has not yet been made public.

The list led to 300 people with a combined €100m in various bank accounts in Luxemburg being fined for hiding their savings from the Dutch tax authorities. The lawyer of some of the account holders is fighting the fine and wants the name of the source.

The civil servants were earlier ordered to come clean by the lower courts but have refused to state the source of the information on finance ministry instructions.

The appeal court described this as interference with witnesses and has also made a formal complaint against the finance ministry.

The case dates back to 2009 when then junior finance minister Jan Kees de Jager bought a list of some 300 people with secret foreign bank accounts from an anonymous source.

The finance ministry has collected millions of euros in fines from people with secret bank accounts abroad.

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