22.04.2003 – 15:11

No account of the Iraqi regime at Banca del Gottardo - The bank files a penal complaint against persons unknown

Banca del Gottardo confirms itself as plaintiff in
the penal proceedings initiated by the Public Prosecutor of Canton
Ticino against persons unknown on the grounds of falsity of documents
and has also filed a penal complaint for the same crime and for harm
to the banks creditworthiness.

The issue in question is related to an article published by "The
Sunday Times" on 13th April 2003, and later picked up by some Swiss
and foreign newspapers, according to which bank accounts related to
the Iraqi regime had supposedly been opened at the bank and, in
recent years, banking operations involving millions would have been
made.

Based on in-depth investigations of the incriminating documents,
some of them in the hands of the Public Prosecutor and some others
presented to the bank by other sources, the falsity of these
documents can undoubtedly be confirmed.

Independently of the penal proceedings initiated by the Judiciary
as a matter of regular procedure, Banca del Gottardo has filed a
complaint against persons unknown, so that those responsible for such
serious acts, harmful to the banks name, may be identified and
similar unlawful deeds may be prevented in the future.

The Bank also refers to its media release of 14th April "No
account of the Iraqi regime at Banca del Gottardo", which may be
consulted at www.gottardo.com, as well as to the communiqué released
by the Public Prosecutors Office of Canton Ticino
(www.polizia.ti.ch).

Banca del Gottardo, with head office in Lugano (Switzerland),
relies on a well expanded national and international network. Thanks
to its highly qualified teams of experts and its affiliates,
subsidiaries, branches and representative offices in Zurich, Geneva,
Lausanne, Bellinzona, Chiasso, Locarno, Bergamo, Milan, Turin (next
opening), Athens, Luxembourg, Monaco, Vienna, Prague, Hong Kong,
Nassau (Bahamas), as well as an important participation in Paris, the
bank offers top level financial services to its local and
international clientele.

Contact:

Banca del Gottardo
Franco Rogantini
Media Office
Viale S. Franscini 8
6901 Lugano
Tel. +41/91/808'33'60
Mobile +41/79/413'80'14
Fax: +41/91/923'94'33
E-Mail: franco.rogantini@gottardo.com

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