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UBS Fined 75,000 Euros In France For Harassing Two Whistleblowers

UBS and its French subsidiary were also definitively convicted of having set up a system of massive tax evasion between 2004 and 2012 (Credit: AFP)

A French court fined Swiss bank UBS 75,000 euros on Monday for the psychological harassment of two whistleblowers who had denounced a system that helped moneyed French clients dodge taxes.

Capping a 15-year legal saga, UBS Europe, which has absorbed its French subsidiary, was also ordered to pay 50,000 euros ($54,000) in damages to Nicolas Forissier, the former head of internal auditing.

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