ZB FILES CHARGES AGAINST PERSONS WHO DISCLOSED BANK SECRETS

( Editorial: --> 9655 ) ZAGREB, Oct 19 (Hina) - Zagrebacka Banka (ZB) has filed charges before the State Attorney's Office against unidentified persons for disclosing banking secrets and the unauthorised and illegal disclosure of information on the state of account of a client of the bank. The ZB also filed charges against the reporter who published the classified information, for the criminal act of obtaining information characterised as a business secret, the ZB Administration Board said on Monday. Zagreb's daily "Jutarnji List" on October 17 ran an article entitled "Ankica Tudjman on March 24 of This Year Ties a Deposit of DM210,000 and US$15,740 with Zagrebacka Banka". The ZB Administration Board expressed hope that a reward put up by the bank would also help light being shed on this case. The Zagrebacka Banka has put up a US$170,000 reward for information about the persons who have committed these crimes. The Jutarnji List article said that Ankica Tudjman, wife of Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, tied fairly large foreign exchange deposits with the Zagrebacka Banka this year, and the recent President's statement on the income scale of his family was, therefore, incomplete. (hina) lml jn/sp 191812 MET oct 98