Financial prosecutors’ raid on UBS Athens reveals about 200 tax dodgers

A raid by financial prosecutors on UBS in Athens on Friday revealed about 200 depositors who were included in the list sent by tax authorities of North Rhine-Westphalia which aimed to help find a large-scale tax evasion.

The prosecutors seized computers’ hard drives and files from the bank’s headquarters and from its branches, as well as from the office of a high-profile broker who cooperated with UBS.

According to sources, 200 suspicious accounts were identified containing deposits ranging up to 12 million euros.