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Rudolf Elmer (born 1955/1956)〔http://www.zeit.de/2010/02/CH-Banken?page=2〕 is a former employee of the Swiss bank Julius Bär. He worked for the bank for close to two decades, and in his last position, he managed the bank's Caribbean operations for eight years until his dismissal in 2002.〔〔 He came to prominence as a whistleblower in 2008 when he gave secret documents to WikiLeaks detailing the activities of Julius Bär in the Cayman Islands and its role in alleged tax evasion.〔 Before that, he had been arrested in 2005 and held for 30 days. In January 2011, he was convicted in Switzerland of breaching security laws and other offenses. He was rearrested immediately thereafter for having again distributed illegally obtained data to WikiLeaks. Julius Bär alleges that Elmer has doctored evidence to suggest the bank engaged in tax evasion.〔 ==Dismissal and initial activities== According to US tax authorities, when it was discovered that internal data had been stolen, the bank required every employee to take a lie detector test for involvement. Elmer did not take the test the first time around due to his health and then later failed. He was then released from employment on these grounds, although he was still in possession of backup copies of data. According to the bank it was "data theft committed with criminal intent".〔(Gestohlene Bankdaten ) Video in: Rundschau vom 2. April 2008, ab Minute 3:15〕〔(''Brisante Bekenntnisse eines Bank-Insiders.'' ) auf: ''Spiegel Online.'' 8. April 2008.〕 After his resignation, he sent documents to various media, whereupon the bank called for an investigation of him and his family. In 2005 Elmer traded a Swiss business newspaper cash for a CD with 169 megabytes of customer data but was arrested shortly afterwards in Zurich due to the suspicion of his violation of Swiss banking secrecy. He sat 30 days in custody. Soon after his parole he started a website for whistleblowers.〔(''Vom Banker zum Nestbeschmutzer.'' ) from: ''Zeit Online.'' 18. January 2011.〕 Elmer moved temporarily to Mauritius but since January 2010 has lived in the Canton of Zurich. The ‘’Journal of International Tax Review’’ both in 2011 and 2012 listed him among the 50 individuals and organizations that had the biggest influence on international tax affairs.〔(International Tax Review am 2. November 2012: Rückblick auf 2011 ) Abgerufen am 11. November 2012〕〔(International Tax Review am 5. November 2012: Bekanntgabe der aktuellen Liste ) Abgerufen am 11. November 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rudolf Elmer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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