Everybody knows the danger of sending things inadvertently
in an e-mail. Beda Singenberger’s case shows you also have to be pretty careful
when you mail things the old-fashioned way. Over an 11-year period, federal
prosecutors charge, Swiss financial adviser Singenberger helped 60 people in
the U.S. hide $184 million in secret offshore accounts bearing colorful names
like Real Cool Investments Ltd. and Wanderlust Foundation.
Then, according to a
prosecutor, Singenberger inadvertently mailed a list of his U.S. clients,
including their names and incriminating details, which somehow wound up in the
hands of federal authorities. Now, U.S. authorities appear to be picking off
the clients on that list one by one. Singenberger’s goof has already ensnared
Jacques Wajsfelner, an 83-year-old exile from Nazi Germany, and Michael Canale,
a retired U.S. Army surgeon, court records show. …..
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