Police in Rio on Wednesday arrested a Credit Suisse employee for allegedly helping wealthy Brazilian clients launder money and send it abroad without paying taxes, officials said.
The suspect was seized after a search of his hotel room turned up incriminating documents, a spokesman for the state prosecutor's office in Sao Paulo told Agence France-Presse.
He is to be added to a list of suspects compiled as part of a long-running investigation into alleged tax evasion by rich Brazilians, the spokesman, Marcelo Oliveira, said.
Weiss was suspected of arranging for Brazilian clients to use money-changers to send money abroad, evading Brazilian taxes.
Credit Suisse's public relations agency in Brazil declined to confirm the information.
It said the bank's representative office in Sao Paulo and the Swiss-based Credit Suisse investment bank 'are independent and have no relationship with each other.'
The bank's Brazilian operations, it said 'always act under the most rigorous legal and ethical principles,' it added.
The suspect was seized after a search of his hotel room turned up incriminating documents, a spokesman for the state prosecutor's office in Sao Paulo told Agence France-Presse.
He is to be added to a list of suspects compiled as part of a long-running investigation into alleged tax evasion by rich Brazilians, the spokesman, Marcelo Oliveira, said.
Weiss was suspected of arranging for Brazilian clients to use money-changers to send money abroad, evading Brazilian taxes.
Credit Suisse's public relations agency in Brazil declined to confirm the information.
It said the bank's representative office in Sao Paulo and the Swiss-based Credit Suisse investment bank 'are independent and have no relationship with each other.'
The bank's Brazilian operations, it said 'always act under the most rigorous legal and ethical principles,' it added.
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