English Finance Minister Elena Salgado said, on 24 June 2010, tax inspectors That Were investgating some 3,000 accounts held by Spaniard at HSBC bank in Switzerland for Possible Tax Fraud. Media reports said the accounts could-Total More Than 6 billion euros ($ 7.36 billion).
"The account holders have advised leg. They have to put the accounts in order with the Treasury and of course willing They receive the Corresponding sanctions and penalties," Salgado told English National Television. "The treasury is very active against fraud. We're stepping up our efforts now because in times of economic difficulties we think the signal that we are determined to fight fraud is even more important." 
Spain, the fourth largest economy in the 16-nation euro zone, is battling to emerge from nearly two years of recession. It had a deficit of 11.2% of GDP in 2009 and 20% unemployment. Newspaper reports said the accounts being probed are in the Swiss branch of the bank HSBC and that French authorities had tipped off Spain. In January 2009, French officials, on a request from Swiss authorities, seized files stolen by an ex-employee of HSBC that included data on some 127,000 accounts held by people from 180 Countries.
An HSBC spokesman in Switzerland said the bank was in the dark about the Investigation. "The English bank HAS clients. But we do not know if our thesis Were stolen data That Were Given to Spain Because we have not Received Any official confirmation from France or from Spain," he said
Source: Souvereign Group
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