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(There has been only one prosecution).
That leak, in 2008, is said to have led to hundreds of private settlements with HMRC, but only one prosecution.
Key article: The ethical banker with questions to answer In five years HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), Britain's tax authority, used the data to bring only one prosecution.
Last year about 200 instances of unexplained clearing triggered almost 70 investigations but led to only one prosecution and a $15,000 fine.
At the first appearance of senior tax officials since the Guardian uncovered evidence within the files, Margaret Hodge, the chair of the committee, questioned why revenue officials had secured only one prosecution.
While France, Belgium, Spain, the US and Argentina have launched legal proceedings against HSBC and its high net worth clients, the UK's tax authority has in five years used the data to bring only one prosecution.
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