European Rights Court Upholds Fine in LuxLeaks Whistleblower Case
A train passes over a stone bridge in Luxembourg in 2013. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File) STRASBOURG, France (CN) — A 1,000 euro ($1,200) fine plus a symbolic sum of one euro for leaking secret Luxembourg tax documents did not violate the rights of an ex-PricewaterhouseCoopers employee, Europe’s top rights court found on Tuesday. In a ruling only available in French, the European Court of Human Rights said the fine issued by a Luxembourg court against Raphael Halet for releasing 16 tax returns of U.S. companies as part of the so-called LuxLeaks financial scandal did not violate his freed...