-Bane
02-19-2008, 12:40 AM
Whistle-blowing website on tax evasion & money laundering shut down by Calif. court (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7250916.stm?loc=interstit ialskip)
Front Page Article (http://www.tribalwar.com/news/5276-Whistle-blowing-website-tax-evasion-money-laundering-shut-down-Calif-court.html)
The case was brought by lawyers working for a Swiss bank
A controversial website that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously post government and corporate documents has been taken offline in the US.
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Wikileaks claimed that the order was "unconstitutional" and said that the site had been "forcibly censored".
The case was brought by lawyers working for the Swiss banking group Julius Baer. It concerned several documents posted on the site which allegedly reveal that the bank was involved with money laundering and tax evasion.
The documents were allegedly posted by Rudolf Elmer, former vice president of the bank's Cayman Island's operation.
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Wikileaks says it was not represented at the hearing because it was "given only hours notice" vi
Front Page Article (http://www.tribalwar.com/news/5276-Whistle-blowing-website-tax-evasion-money-laundering-shut-down-Calif-court.html)
The case was brought by lawyers working for a Swiss bank
A controversial website that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously post government and corporate documents has been taken offline in the US.
...
Wikileaks claimed that the order was "unconstitutional" and said that the site had been "forcibly censored".
The case was brought by lawyers working for the Swiss banking group Julius Baer. It concerned several documents posted on the site which allegedly reveal that the bank was involved with money laundering and tax evasion.
The documents were allegedly posted by Rudolf Elmer, former vice president of the bank's Cayman Island's operation.
...
Wikileaks says it was not represented at the hearing because it was "given only hours notice" vi