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Bank Julius Baer

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"julius baer" listing at moneyhouse.ch

Julius Baer Group is a Swiss banking firm which is the parent company of Bank Julius Bär, a traditional "private" bank based in Zurich, Switzerland, which dates back to the year 1890 when it was founded by the famous banker Julius Bär. The Julius Baer Group manages substantial assets for private and institutional clients from all over the world. The Group's services consist mainly of asset management, wealth management and investment consultation, investment funds for private and institutional investors as well as securities and foreign exchange trading.

Apart from its head offices in Switzerland, the bank has offices in Frankfurt, Milan, Geneva, Dubai, Grand Cayman, New York, Singapore and Hong Kong.

In September 2005, Julius Bär acquired the independent private banks Ferrier Lullin, Ehinger & Armand von Ernst, Banco di Lugano, and the asset management house Global Asset Management from the Swiss banking giant UBS AG, to become one of the largest independent wealth management firms in Switzerland. The companies of the Group are consolidated within Julius Baer Holding Ltd., whose shares are listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange. Julius Baer’s market capitalization amounts to around CHF 4.0 billion. Due to its comprehensive service and product range, clients from around the world have entrusted Julius Baer with assets amounting more than CHF 400 billion at the end of July 2007.

Source: "julius baer" listing at crocodyl.org

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Swiss bank clients exposed by Cayman leak

A number of customers of Swiss bank Julius Baer are being investigated by German tax authorities acting upon information sent to them by a former bank officer based in the Cayman Islands who is accused of stealing secret client files.

The former employee sent details including client addresses and account balances from USD 5 million to over USD 100 million to Germany's tax office, which last year opened a probe into possible tax evasion by "individual customers”, according to the Zurich-based newspaper SonntagsZeitung. The data theft, which occurred outside Switzerland in 2002, would be illegal under Swiss banking secrecy rules.

The clients, who may be forced to repay millions in taxes and in some cases could lose their entire investments, regard themselves as victims of a conflict between the bank and its former employee. The unidentified person has been sending bank clients anonymous letters signed by "Teddy Baer" or the "tax fraud revealer", said the newspaper.

The bank has reconstructed the stolen data, which covers the period between 1997 and 2002.

source: http://www.ujoffshore.com/news/index.asp

Julius Baer Says Unit's Client Data Were Stolen

By EDWARD TAYLOR

Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

June 16, 2005

Private Swiss bank Julius Baer Holding AG said client data from its Cayman Islands unit were stolen, in a major embarrassment for a bank that prides itself on its discretion and secrecy for its wealthy clients.

The bank said it suspects a former employee stole old client records and disclosed them to the Swiss media. It doesn't know if or how the data may have been misused, and it doesn't yet know if any current clients or how many clients are affected, said Juerg Staehelin, a spokesman for the Zurich-based bank. The bank wasn't aware of any other misuse of the data aside from the leak, he said.

The leak comes at a bad time for the 115-year-old bank, which is struggling to attract new private-banking clients in the face of new and intense competition from larger rivals such as UBS AG and Credit Suisse Group AG. Baer also faces the expense of having to adapt business practices to Swiss and foreign-government regulations that require even small banks to take new measures to monitor clients to detect suspicious financial transactions, in a bid to clamp down on terrorist funding following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Baer is adopting such sophisticated steps while also trying to keep the long tradition of Swiss banking, which has maintained client confidentiality as a cornerstone of its business.

Identity theft is a growing crime globally. In a recent string of high-profile cases, personal data were stolen from banks, universities and stores, among other sources, in the U.S. and Europe, via online computer security breaches.

The Baer case, however, is different. So far, it appears it doesn't involve cybercrime but the age-old crime of a former employee swiping some records, Mr. Staehelin said. "It's not due to a hacker or an IT leak. It looks like something caused by a disgruntled former employee who is abusing his position," he said.

The bank said that police in the Cayman Islands and Zurich are looking into the matter. A spokesman for the Zurich cantonal police said it is possible that the police are investigating, but he wasn't yet aware of such an investigation. A spokesman for the Royal Cayman Islands Police wasn't able to verify whether an investigation had been launched.

News of the theft was first reported by Cash, a Swiss financial weekly. The newspaper released a statement yesterday highlighting its scoop, but as of the afternoon hadn't yet released the actual article.

The records pertain to clients from 1997 to 2002, the bank said. The data had been held at its Cayman Islands unit, Julius Baer Bank & Trust Co., which offers trust-fund services to international clients, Mr. Staehelin said.

Julius Baer Holding traces its origins to Bank Julius Baer, founded in 1890, and has served private clients ever since. After opening its first foreign unit in 1940, the bank expanded internationally and now has offices in London, Luxembourg, Milan, Frankfurt, Vienna, Dubai, Grand Cayman, Los Angeles and New York.

The small bank, with about 2,000 employees, caters to ultrawealthy individual clients.

Write to Edward Taylor at edward.taylor@wsj.com

Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB111887029173960737.html?mod=googlewsj

Das Leck im Paradies

Von Lukas Hässig

Brisante Kundeninformationen der Julius Bär landeten bei den US-Steuerbehörden, vermutlich von einem Ex-Mitarbeiter zugespielt. Ein Alptraum für die Traditionsbank. Im vertraulichen Finanzgeschäft gibt es kaum Schlimmeres, als was der Schweizer Privatbank Julius Bär zustiess. Hunderte von geheimen Kundendaten gelangten vergangene Woche an die Öffentlichkeit. Cash berichtete von einer anonym zugestellten CD mit Informationen über vermögende Privatkunden, die mit der Bär-Filiale auf den Cayman Islands geschäften. Die Nachricht sorgte für Schlagzeilen. Das Wall Street Journal schrieb von einer «riesigen Peinlichkeit für eine Bank, die sich ihrer Diskretion rühmt».

Doch das Datenleck hat für die Traditionsbank noch viel gravierendere Konsequenzen: Sensible Kundeninformationen der Julius Bär, die bereits 2003 auf den Cayman Islands abhanden kamen, landeten bei den amerikanischen Steuerbehörden. Das bestätigen, unabhängig voneinander, zwei gutinformierte Bankmitarbeiter der Weltwoche. Bei diesen Daten handelt es sich vermutlich um die gleichen, die jetzt der Schweizer Presse zugespielt wurden.

Der Täter schrieb sogar einigen Bär-Kunden, dass der US-Fiskus ihre Daten besitze. Darauf drohten die Betroffenen der Bank mit Schadenersatzklagen. Um negative Publizität zu verhindern, schloss Julius Bär bislang in mindestens einem Fall einen Vergleich in Millionenhöhe ab. Es ist mit weiteren Forderungen zu rechnen.

Julius Bär will wegen der laufenden Verfahren keine detaillierten Fragen zum Datenklau von 2003 und zum Kenntnisstand der US-Steuerbehörden beantworten. Laut Pressesprecher Jürg Stähelin hat die Bank Strafanzeige gegen unbekannt eingereicht. Er bestätigt aber, dass schon früher Unregelmässigkeiten stattgefunden haben: «Auf den Cayman Islands laufen Ermittlungen und Abklärungen seit längerer Zeit. Diese haben bisher aber zu keinen eindeutigen Erkenntnissen geführt.»

Die Bankenleitung gehe davon aus, sagen Mitarbeiter, dass hinter den Missbräuchen von 2003 und heute der gleiche Täter stecke. Es handle sich um den Schweizer R.E. (Name der Redaktion bekannt), der 1997 den Job des stellvertretenden Chefs der Cayman-Filiale übernommen hatte. Dieser rapportierte an den damaligen CEO Rudolf Bär, Mitglied der Besitzerfamilie. Bär soll ihm mehr Personal und eine bessere Infrastruktur versprochen haben, ohne sich daran zu halten. Der Datendiebstahl sei die Rache eines Mitarbeiters, der sich von der Führung getäuscht fühlte, sagt ein der Bär-Familie nahestehender Informant. Für R.E. gilt die Unschuldsvermutung.

Nach dem Missbrauch von 2003 schaltete Julius Bär die Ermittlungsbehörden der Cayman Islands ein, um den Täter zu überführen. Die Polizei befragte sämtliche Mitarbeiter und führte Hausdurchsuchungen durch. Weil keine eindeutigen Spuren zum Vorschein kamen, wurden die Angestellten mittels Lügendetektor ins Kreuzverhör genommen. Die meisten kooperierten anstandslos. Mit einer Ausnahme: R.E. fand erst nach mehrmaligem Verschieben Zeit für den Test. Das machte ihn bei seinen Vorgesetzten verdächtig, doch das Resultat der Befragung war nicht eindeutig. Auch die vielen bei ihm zu Hause vorgefundenen Computer lieferten keinen Beweis. Trotzdem entschied die Bankleitung, sich von R.E. zu trennen.

In einer internen Sprachregelung hält die Führung fest, dass nur Daten von Cayman-Kunden gestohlen worden seien. Gegenüber den Kunden sei die Sicherheit der Bär-Informatiksysteme herauszustreichen. «Julius Bär unterhält überall modernste Massnahmen und IT-Infrastrukturen, welche höchste Sicherheit für heikle Daten garantieren», steht in der Mitteilung. Ob der Täter überführt wird, ist ungewiss. Bis jetzt hat er sich geschickt verhalten. Dass er ausgerechnet auf der CD verdächtige Spuren hinterlassen hat, ist wenig wahrscheinlich.

source: http://www.weltwoche.ch/artikel/Default.asp?DossierID=0&AssetID=11268&CategoryID=51


Fiskus profitiert von Datenklau

von Meinrad Ballmer

Deutsche Finanzämter haben Steuerstrafverfahren gegen einzelne Kunden der Bank Julius Bär eröffnen. Die deutschen Behörden stützen sich dabei, so belegen Unterlagen, auf Kundendaten, die ein ehemaliger Bankmitarbeiter vor Jahren entwendet hat.

Der Datendiebstahl hat sich bereits 2003 bei einer Tochtergesellschaft der Bank auf den Cayman Islands ereignet. Er führt für einzelne Kunden nun zu gravierenden Spätschäden, da sie sich wegen Steuerhinterziehung verantworten und mit Nachforderungen des deutschen Fiskus in Millionenhöhe rechnen müssen. In Einzelfällen können sie den ganzen angelegten Vermögensbetrag verlieren, schlimmstenfalls drohen sogar Freiheitsstrafen. Unklar ist, wie viele Kunden Probleme mit den Steuerbehörden haben, nach Angaben der Bank nur eine "relativ kleine Anzahl - weniger als 100 - Kunden".

Die Betroffenen sind vermutlich Opfer eines Konfliktes zwischen Julius Bär und einem ehemaligen Mitarbeiter, der seit 2003 einen Feldzug gegen die Bank führt. In den vergangenen Monaten versetzte der Datendieb Bankkunden mit anonymen Briefen in Angst und Schrecken. Aus einem der Schreiben geht hervor, dass der Täter den deutschen Steuerbehörden einen Datenträger mit geheimen Bankdaten geschickt hat. In dem an den Fiskus gerichteten Brief nennt er Bankkunden mit Adressen und Vermögensbeträgen, die zwischen 5 Mio. und über 100 Mio. $ liegen, sowie mit den Namen von auf den Cayman Islands ansässigen Offshore-Vehikeln.

Ex-Mitarbeiter gilt als verdächtig

Einen ähnlichen Datenträger schickte der Täter bereits im Juni 2005 der Schweizer Zeitung "Cash". Die CD-ROM enthielt Daten aus den Jahren 1997 bis 2003, die aus Firmen der Julius-Bär-Gruppe auf den Caymans stammen. Julius Bär reichte daraufhin in Zürich Strafanzeige gegen Unbekannt ein. Als Hauptverdächtiger galt damals wie heute ein ehemaliger Mitarbeiter, der für die Gesellschaft auf den Cayman Islands gearbeitet hat. Schon 2003 trennte sich die Bank von dem heute 52-jährigen Schweizer.

Seit 2005 ermittelt die Züricher Staatsanwaltschaft wegen des Verdachts auf Verletzung des Bankgeheimnisses. Die leitende Staatsanwältin hatte den Hauptverdächtigen sogar in Untersuchungshaft gesetzt, musste ihn nach einem Monat aber wieder laufen lassen. Der Hauptverdächtige, der sich gegenwärtig im Ausland aufhält, war für eine Stellungnahme nicht erreichbar.

Kenner des Falles sehen in dem mutmaßlichen Täter einen an Verfolgungswahn leidenden psychisch Kranken. In Briefen hatte er der Bank vorgeworfen, sie trachte ihm nach dem Leben. Auch die Briefe an Bankkunden, Steuerbehörden und Medien wirken wie das Werk eines wirren Geistes. "Bei diesem Datendiebstahl handelte es sich nach eingehenden Untersuchungen um einen bedauerlichen einmaligen und nur Daten aus der Zeit vor 2003 betreffenden Einzelfall", erklärte ein Sprecher der Bank. "Die gestohlenen Daten konnten rekonstruiert und entsprechende Maßnahmen getroffen werden." Die Bank habe alles getan, um Kunden und Bankgeheimnis zu schützen.

source: http://www.ftd.de/boersen_maerkte/geldanlage/:Portfolio%20Fiskus%20Datenklau/187452.html


Private Data Leakage from Swiss Bank Julius Baer

Swiss private bank Julius Baer Holding AG has confirmed the theft of highly confidential client data from one of its units in the Cayman Islands, Forbes reported.

The data, pertaining to some of the bank's most affluent customers, was subsequently passed on to Swiss finance magazine CASH. Julius Baer said it has launched a probe into the exact circumstances of the theft, supposed to be committed by a former employee. The data primarily concerns the period 1997-2003. The bank did not provide details of the clients involved.

It's not the first time when bank insiders put their employer in a spot. In the middle of May the largest bank data leakage occurred in USA. It affected about 700,000 customers at 4 different banks: Wachovia Corp., Bank of America Corp., Commerce Bancorp Inc. and PNC Bank NA. Moreover in the middle of March criminals tried to steal £220m from the London-based office of Japanese bank Sumitomo Mitsui. The ring involved insiders who used £20 gadgets to collect private data and access codes of Sumitomo's customers. Those devices could be bought from London spy shops for about £20.

“Banks are very sensitive to data thefts and insiders activity. Internal IT-security is a big problem for all financial organizations. I'm quite sure that crimes like information leakages, financial fraud and electronic bank robbing will become more frequent. Therefore all financial institutions have to provide their internal IT-security beforehand", — said Denis Zenkin, the Marketing Director of InfoWatch company.

“Such incidents (Julius Baer, Wachovia, Bank of America, Sumitomo and etc.) are a great strike to company's reputation. It's very difficult to return customers' trust after their financial records have become public. That's why executives must cope with the problem now. Otherwise they will have serious troubles in future", — he added.

source: http://www.infowatch.com/threats?chapter=148831545&id=165966796


Julius Baer confirms theft of client data from Cayman Islands unit

06.16.2005, 03:01 AM

ZURICH (AFX) - Swiss private bank Julius Baer Holding AG has confirmed the theft of highly confidential client data from one of its units in the Cayman Islands.

The data, pertaining to some of the bank's most affluent customers, was subsequently passed on to Swiss finance magazine CASH, Swiss newsagency SDA reported, citing a company spokesman.

Julius Baer said it has launched a probe into the exact circumstances of the theft, supposed to be committed by a former employee.

The data primarily concerns the period 1997-2003, Julius Baer said.

The bank did not provide details of the clients involved.

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source: http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2005/06/16/afx2095685.html%22

Datenklau bei der Bank Julius Bär (CASH Nr. 24 / 2005 S. 12 zur Datensicherheit)

Der Artikel über ein anonym der CASH Redaktion zugestellte CD-ROM mit Kunden- und Geschäftsdaten der Bär Gruppe schlug weltweit Wellen. Die CD enthielt 196 Megabyte vertrauliche Daten, zum Teil von Kunden mit sehr hohem Diskretionsbedürfnis, die sich von dem Geldhaus auf den Cayman Islands Trusts einrichten liessen. Das "Wall Street Journal" berichtete ausführlich über den Fall: Das Datenleck treffe die 115 Jahre alte Bank in einem schlechten Zeitpunkt. Die Behörden auf den Cayman Islands und in Zürich würden ermitteln. Die "Financial Times Deutschland" schrieb: <Mit der Schweizer Gemütlichkeit ist es bei Bär vorbei>. Alle überregionalen deutschen Zeitungen berichteten. Die Schweizer Tagespresse versorgte ihre Leser überwiegend mit Agenturmeldungen über den Datendiebstahl.

Quelle: CASH Nr. 25 / 2005

source: http://www.ibb.li/ibb_Fakten.htm

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