Questão jurídica principal
Whether the bank could refuse disclosure because the request exceeded enforcement law and bank secrecy, including beneficial ownership information.
Decisão extraída
No. In enforcement, the office may investigate assets held by third parties and the bank must provide information; bank secrecy yields to the statutory duty to inform.
Fundamentação extraída
The seizure process serves to identify assets belonging to the debtor, including assets not unquestionably titled in the debtor’s name if there are indications of ownership. The concept of beneficial ownership is not confined to banking self-regulation and bank secrecy does not override the enforcement duty to provide information.