BGE 145 IV 114 (Urteil 6B_1314/2016, 6B_1318/2016 vom 10. Oktober 2018)

Swiss Federal Supreme Court leading decision BGE 145 IV 114 (10 Oct 2018, excerpt): Rudolf Elmer (anonymised "X.") case history (employment with Julius Bär in Zurich and the Cayman Islands subsidiary 1987-2002; leaks to tax authorities, Cash magazine and WikiLeaks; Zurich District Court 2011: 240 day-fines of CHF 30 suspended; 2015: 300 day-fines of CHF 150 suspended; High Court 2016: acquittal on bank secrecy, 14 months suspended for threats and forgery with 220 days served; prosecution sought 36 months) and the legal reasoning that he was not an employee or agent of a Swiss bank under Art. 47 Banking Act (pre-2004 penalty up to six months or CHF 50,000 fine; now up to three years). No reward programme (Switzerland has none) and no programme numbers. The case row, with these sentences in its summary and notes, was already in the data; nothing to add.