French budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac (pictured), who last month announced his ministry was launching a crackdown on tax fraud, held for several years a secret bank account in Switzerland, Mediapart can reveal. The funds held in the UBS account were, after it was closed in 2010, allegedly then transferred to Singapore. In an interview with Mediapart, Cahuzac has denied ever holding an account in Switzerland, while threatening legal action if the suggestion that he had was published, which Mediapart does indeed do here. Fabrice Arfi reports.
French budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac, who last month announced his ministry was launching a crackdown on tax fraud, held for several years a secret bank account in Switzerland that was hidden from the French tax authorities, Mediapart can reveal following a lengthy investigation that discovered concording evidence from individual sources and official documents.
