Hervé Falciani, the whistleblower responsible for the biggest leak in banking history, which exposed wrongdoing at HSBC’s Swiss private bank, has been sentenced to five years in prison by a Swiss court. The former IT worker is currently living in France, where he sought refuge from Swiss justice, and did not attend the trial. The Guardian view on the HSBC files: a damning dossier Editorial: The use of Swiss accounts to dodge tax was systematic. The flaky response from the bank and the politicians is anything but Read more Switzerland’s federal criminal court found Falciani guilty of financial espionage on Friday, but h ... (full story)