They are coming to get you ....

France tax authorities are stooping low - they are using stolen data from HSBC in Switzerland - to chase tax avoidance.

The Swiss government has demanded that the list of more than 100,000 international account holders, including thousands of French citizens, be returned immediately. HSBC yesterday said the information in the list was "incomplete" and "inaccurate".

The government defence says "France is committing no fraud, the tax evaders are. What counts is that we obtained [the information] legally."

Hang on a minute: data stolen - that makes it OK?

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