Key legal question
Whether the conditions for mutual legal assistance, especially double criminality under the treaty, were met.
Extracted holding
Yes. The alleged conduct could be characterized under Swiss law as fraud, money laundering, and unfair competition; double criminality was satisfied.
Extracted reasoning
The factual allegations described a mass scheme of fictitious invoices, payment instructions, reminders, concealment through forwarding companies, and confusion with the real service provider. That sufficed for fraud and, consequently, money laundering; an offense under unfair-competition law was also supportable.