A secret informant has offered to sell the German taxman the names of 1,500 Germans who have funds hidden in Switzerland, a newspaper reported Saturday.
The daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said the unnamed whistleblower had supplied details of five accounts worth some €1 million ($1.4 million) in tax as proof and demanded €2.5 million for the full list.
The paper quoted a tax official as confirming that the five accounts had been checked and said the finance ministry was considering the proposed deal.
Read more in The Local (De).
Update: David Crawford and Deborah Ball of The Wall Street Journal provide additional coverage, here.