Spanish Police Request Documents from Santander in HSBC Investigation

By Jeannette Neumann

MADRID--Agents from Spain's police force have requested documents from Banco Santander SA (SAN) as part of a judicial investigation into once-secret data dispersed by a former employee of HSBC Holdings PLC.

Police agents have requested documents at Santander's headquarters in the town of Boadilla del Monte, about half an hour outside of Madrid, at the request of a National Court judge.

The judge is investigating data about HSBC clients that was dispersed by Herve Falciani, a former employee at the Swiss branch of the bank.

At the request of National Court Judge Jose de la Mata, the Spanish police has asked Santander to provide documentation "in connection with certain checking accounts" that the court is requesting information about "as part of the investigation of the so-called Falciani list," a spokesman for the National Court said by telephone.

He declined to provide additional details about the judge's investigation.

A spokeswoman for Santander declined to comment.

Two spokespeople for the Spanish police confirmed agents had been at Santander's headquarters on Friday morning, but declined to provide details on how many agents were at Boadilla del Monte or how many documents they were requesting.

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June 03, 2016 06:14 ET (10:14 GMT)

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