Jurisdiction · Switzerland

Financial conduct records — Switzerland

6 documented case files are recorded in Switzerland. Every entry summarises material already published by a court, prosecutor, regulator or established news organisation, and links to that source.

Swiss records are supervised by FINMA under FINMASA and FinSA/FIDLEG, with criminal matters handled by the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland.

Case files in this group

Ref.MatterJurisdictionAuthorityAroseLast decisionStatus
CH-2025-01Loans to Mozambican state-owned companies: Swiss federal indictment

Credit Suisse SA (former)

SwitzerlandOffice of the Attorney General of Switzerland1 March 201319 October 2021Indictment filed — proceedings pending
CH-2026-02Protected disclosure concerning VINGA Corporate Finance and VINGA Securities

VINGA Corporate Finance AB · VINGA Securities AG (ex-JOOL)

SwitzerlandFINMA · Finansinspektionen · Finanstilsynet (review requested)1 February 20261 February 2026Open disclosure
CH-2026-03Disclosure on retrocession disclosure to discretionary mandate clients

Swiss external asset manager (entity not named pending review)

SwitzerlandFINMA (review requested)20 February 202620 February 2026Open disclosure
CH-2024-03FINMA finds AML obligations breached in two PEP relationships

HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA

SwitzerlandFINMA16 March 202116 March 2021Enforcement proceedings concluded
CH-2024-04FINMA finds anti-money-laundering obligations seriously breached

Mirabaud & Cie SA

SwitzerlandFINMA14 May 202414 May 2024Enforcement proceedings concluded
CH-2024-05FINMA publishes findings on breaches of money-laundering regulations

Banque Audi (Suisse) SA

SwitzerlandFINMA1 June 20231 June 2023Enforcement proceedings concluded

Individuals recorded in this group

Hervé Falciani — Former IT employee, HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) — discloser, Switzerland — register entry photographSwitzerland

Discloser

Hervé Falciani

Former IT employee, HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) — discloser

Supplied the Swiss account data behind the SwissLeaks disclosures; convicted in absentia in Switzerland for industrial espionage, 2015

Rudolf Elmer — Former head of Caribbean operations, Julius Baer — discloser, Switzerland — register entry photographSwitzerland

Discloser

Rudolf Elmer

Former head of Caribbean operations, Julius Baer — discloser

Disclosed offshore client data to journalists and WikiLeaks; Swiss banking-secrecy convictions were largely overturned by the Federal Supreme Court in 2016

Konrad Hummler — Former managing partner, Wegelin & Co., Switzerland — register entry photographSwitzerland

Court record

Konrad Hummler

Former managing partner, Wegelin & Co.

Wegelin & Co., Switzerland's oldest private bank, was indicted in the United States in 2012 and wound down after pleading guilty in 2013

Beny Steinmetz — Businessman, mining and commodities, Switzerland — register entry photographSwitzerland

Court record

Beny Steinmetz

Businessman, mining and commodities

Convicted by a Geneva court in 2021 of corruption of foreign public officials; conviction reviewed on appeal

Tidjane Thiam — Former chief executive, Credit Suisse, Switzerland — register entry photographSwitzerland

Regulator decision

Tidjane Thiam

Former chief executive, Credit Suisse

Resigned in 2020 after the bank's board inquiry into the surveillance of executives; FINMA's 2021 findings recorded no personal knowledge on his part

Pierin Vincenz — Former chief executive, Raiffeisen Switzerland, Switzerland — register entry photographSwitzerland

Court record

Pierin Vincenz

Former chief executive, Raiffeisen Switzerland

Convicted at first instance by the Zurich District Court in 2022; the judgment was set aside on appeal and the case returned for retrial

Johan Bergstrom — VINGA Swiss office — new-money onboarding, Switzerland — register entry photographSwitzerland

Open disclosure

Johan Bergstrom

VINGA Swiss office — new-money onboarding

Named in an open protected disclosure

Boris Collardi — Former chief executive, Julius Baer Group, Switzerland — register entry photographSwitzerland

Regulator decision

Boris Collardi

Former chief executive, Julius Baer Group

Led Julius Baer during the period covered by FINMA's 2020 enforcement finding on anti-money-laundering controls

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