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There are strong accusations against the director of a Credit Suisse branch in Bern: Rita K. * (60) made a client with a terminal illness give him more than 100,000 francs. He also had merchant invoices for a total value of around 19,000 francs.
The customer, Anita G. * († 73), a wealthy Langenthaler, was taking heavy medication at the time of the gifts and practically blind. The bank’s customer died of cancer in June.
There are reasonable doubts about the donation.
The delicate transactions were only exposed thanks to his nephew, whom Anita G. had designated as the sole heir in his will. “At the time my aunt supposedly made the 100,000 franc donation, she was taking strong opioids, sometimes suffering from confusion, and sometimes barely responding,” he says. Therefore, there are justified doubts as to whether the deceased aunt actually gave the money to the Credit Suisse director in full conscience.
The doctor who accompanied his aunt until her death reported the strange donations to Credit Suisse’s complaints office in September. However, this did not respond to the nephew’s requests. When VIEW asked Credit Suisse whether accepting such large donations would not violate the bank’s internal regulations, the big bank was taciturn.
Until yesterday. Suddenly Credit Suisse admits mistakes. “Previous investigations have shown that the employee has violated existing compliance regulations,” media spokesperson Dominique Gerster tells BLICK. It is noted that Credit Suisse has “clear instructions governing employee benefits and conflicts of interest.”
The big bank has taken action
The admission should help the nephew to get the money back. She is examining legal actions against Rita K. and preparing a complaint with the Banking Ombudsman together with her lawyer.
Credit Suisse also writes that action has already been taken in the Rita K. matter due to her failure to comply with compliance regulations. The spokesperson explicitly does not want to confirm whether the woman continues to work at the large bank.
Customer Gifts: CS director examines terminally ill client(01:03)
