By: Hema Manchanda
The theft of files from the HSBC bank in Switzerland “perpetrated by an employee of the department three years ago approximately, would involve some 15,000 customers, said Thursday to reporters in Geneva the CEO of HSBC Private Bank ,Mr. Alexandre Zeller.
“It is clear today that the theft was perpetrated by an employee of the department three years ago approximately, would involve about 15,000 existing customers whose accounts have been opened in Switzerland before October 2006, at the excluding former accounts Guyerzeller “said the CEO of the bank.
A total of 24,000 accounts in Switzerland before October 2006 are affected, but holders of 9000 have now left the bank, said Zeller.
“The customer data of Bank branches located outside Switzerland, which works with computer systems and separate security, are not concerned, as well as those from other entities of the HSBC Group,” he added .
“We deeply regret this situation and offer our sincere apologies to all customers who would see their privacy threatened”, said Mr. Zeller on Thursday.
“We are determined to protect their interests and make every effort to do so. The bank could not assess the true extent of data theft until after the Attorney General of the Swiss Confederation had provided with a copy of the files recovered from the French court after a standoff between Paris and Berne.
“This is not a list” of customers, “said the boss of HSBC in Switzerland. “These are sophisticated computer files” very difficult to decipher, “he further stressed.
Mr. Falciani said last December had proposed in May 2009 French investigators to assist in data analysis.
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