Deutsche Post's chief hid money in a Liechtenstein foundation, a bank clerk sold the data, and he was convicted in 2009

Klaus Zumwinkel ran Deutsche Post from 1990 to 2008 and sat on the board of trustees of the Bertelsmann Stiftung from 2001 to 2004^†. On 14 February 2008 investigators raided his home on suspicion of evading about €1 million in tax. The data came from Heinrich Kieber, a computer technician at LGT Bank in Liechtenstein, who sold a disc of client records to Germany's foreign intelligence service; the finance ministry paid him €4.2 million^†. Hundreds of German residents had moved money into Liechtenstein trusts and foundations, which under that country's law separated assets from their owners anonymously and could be revoked at any time^†. At his trial Zumwinkel admitted he had invested money in a Liechtenstein foundation and not declared the income, calling it "the biggest mistake of my life." The court gave him a two-year suspended sentence and a €1 million fine. Presiding Judge Wolfgang Mittrup said he had "knowingly, meticulously, enduringly and thus criminally evaded taxes." Critics said the sentence looked like a deal. In 2010 €50 million was paid to the German treasury to settle the LGT matter^†.