UK Pursues Tax Evaders Using Stolen Bank Details 315
Andrew Smith writes "The UK taxman (HM Revenue & Customs) is reportedly using a stolen list of bank details to pursue wealthy individuals with off-shore accounts. The list was stolen by an employee of HSBC, and gave details of the bank's customers with money in Swiss accounts. The bank employee fled to France, and the authorities there passed the details on to the UK tax collection agency."
Re:Two Wrongs. . . (Score:3, Funny)
Ah, I see. Necessary taxes and programs are those that benefit you directly. Unnecessary welfare taxes and programs are those that you do not benefit from. Nice.
I hope you die from some really rare and painful disease after your medical coverage is terminated because it hit its lifetime maximum.
Re:Remember kids, UK stole nothing (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Stolen? (Score:3, Funny)
Not quite. Since the information in question is not any kind of creative work (apart from possibly creative bookkeeping) but merely a collection of facts, it is not copyrightable in most countries, and definitely not in the EU.
Now, is it bad that a banker is copying what is expected to be confidential information and selling it to outside parties? Certainly. But that does not make it copyright infringement.
Re:Two Wrongs. . . (Score:2, Funny)
And civilization is doomed if the news ever gets out that barbecued leprechaun tastes great when sprinkled generously with pixie dust...
Here is proof that humans preach genocide. You monsters, trying to incite the world into hunting us and EATING us as well? MONSTERS!
Re:Remember kids: When you steal something it's wr (Score:3, Funny)
The information may have been merely copied, but it is being used to facilitate actual theft in the form of taxes.