Well EPB has put out two official statement on their website and a presentation:
Damage control is in full effect on EPB side.
bt what has the bank done to ensure clients are not using the bank to hide from taxman? Do they ask clients to declare they are tax complaint in their resident country? That would move liability to client and away from bank if they did. Otherwise the bank is a nest for criminals (aka tax evaders).
Press Statement - Claims Made by Australian Daily Newspaper - Euro Pacific Bank
Published: October 18, 2020 Euro Pacific Bank has received some negative mention in news stories over the weekend. The stories claim that a relatively few citizens in one country have used their accounts at the Bank to evade taxes and that the Bank’s compliance programs have failed to catch and...
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Press Statement - Our Response to Recent Inaccurate Media Stories - Euro Pacific Bank
Published: October 19, 2020 In addition to yesterday’s press statement, Euro Pacific Bank confirms it has not been contacted by any foreign regulators or taxing authorities about the inaccurate allegations asserted as factual in a story published yesterday in The Age, an Australian news...
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Damage control is in full effect on EPB side.
bt what has the bank done to ensure clients are not using the bank to hide from taxman? Do they ask clients to declare they are tax complaint in their resident country? That would move liability to client and away from bank if they did. Otherwise the bank is a nest for criminals (aka tax evaders).