Rolf Schweiger chaired the Council of States in 2004. In April 2004, the Zougois became president of the PLR, a mandate he had to relinquish in November of the same year due to professional exhaustion.
The crypto scandal
From 2014 to 2018, Rolf Schweiger was a member of the board of directors of Crypto SA. He thus found himself in the spotlight when the Crypto scandal broke out in February 2020.
The American (CIA) and German (BND) intelligence services have been intercepting thousands of documents for decades via the Crypto company’s encryption devices. They also listened to the conversations of more than a hundred foreign states.
In February 2020: The Crypto AG scandal, a stain on the image of Switzerland
The CIA and the BND bought the Zug company in equal shares in 1970, through a foundation based in Liechtenstein. The BND left operations in 1993, but the CIA continued wiretapping until at least 2018.
A parliamentary investigation showed that Swiss secret services had known since 1993 that foreign services were hiding behind Crypto. He worked with them to collect information.
In November 2020: Crypto spied on for Switzerland, it is not the only one
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