NUMBERED ACCOUNT
CHRISTOPHER REICH
This is very exciting novel about the Swiss Banks and the
Swiss Banking system. It brings out the secret working of the Swiss Banking
system and how it is misused for illegal activities.
It is the story of Nicholas Neumann who is the son of a
senior executive of a Swiss bank whose branch is based in the US.
Nick sacrifices a brilliant and promising Wall Street career
as well as his fiancée and leaves USA
for Switzerland
to work in his father’s bank. The bank is headed by his father’s close friend.
Nick shifts to Switzerland
and takes up work in his father’s bank to solve the mystery and find the
murderer of the brutal killing of his father seventeen years ago.
Nick starts working at the bottom rung of the bank and quickly
learns about the nitty gritty of the workings of a Swiss bank. He learns about
the secret money transfers to and fro from the banks. He learns about the
absolute secrecy that goes along with the system. He learns about the money
laundering of drug money as well as transfer of huge amounts to various banks
across the globe to fund terrorism.
Nick eventually gets to handle a very big account which
handles millions of dollars transferred to and from the said account. The
account holder is known only by his code name “Pasha”. Pasha turns out to be a
Middle Eastern millionaire who is organizing a very big terrorist activity.
Pasha has built up his personal army and has planned an activity which will
cause great harm across Europe and the world.
Nick eventually solves the mystery of his father’s death and
also becomes successful in pulling off the mask of Pasha.
It is a very hair raising story bringing out the misuse of
the secrecy of Swiss banking system by sinister persons to create global havoc.
