The trial against a suspected Swiss spy is to be terminated after will of defense by EineAbsprache with indictment. The process AmOberlandesgericht Frankfurt v. Daniel M. was interrupted on Wednesday shortly after start of negotiations for a legal conversation between defense and indictment, after 54-year-old accused of announcing a statement.

His defender Robert Cain wants to achieve a probation sentence for man. In accordance with § 99 of criminal record, five years of imprisonment are threatened as a maximum penalty for intelligence agents. But it is considered unlikely that former Swiss police officer has to expect maximum penalty.

The federal prosecutor's office accuses him of having spied on behalf of Swiss intelligence service of federal government for almost Fouryears Lang North Rhine-Westphalian financial administration undeinige its employees. Since 2010, authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia had bought tax CDs with Datensätzenmutmaßlicher evaders, which brought several billion euros of revenue to financial authorities. The information had previously been stolen from Swiss banks.

Defendant first filed partial confession

The former Swiss police officer was arrested on April 28th and has been in custody ever since. M. had filed a partial confession and stated that he had received smaller orders from intelligence service in past and also executed m. According to federal attorney's office, he received from his "intelligence management" in Switzerland order to obtain information about how German tax authorities in connection with DemAnkauf of tax CDs. As a result, suspected spy would initially have supplied personalised results via three NRW tax investigators. The Swiss authorities issued orders against men in subsequent arrest.

In addition, suspected spy had a "source" in NRW financial administration. M. have received money for DieAufträge. The identity of source at DerFinanzverwaltung was not clarified until today, SagteOberstaatsanwalt Linhard White at reading of DerAnklageschrift. The proceedings before Frankfurt Higher Regional Court are initially scheduled for eleven days of negotiations until mid-December.

M. had worked for UBS in security Department for about ten years, and later became a private investigator. Even before his arrest at end of April, he was targeted by investigators and judiciary for espionage charges.

Date Of Update: 19 October 2017, 12:03