SAN SALVADOR, Feb 11 (Reuters) - El Salvador's attorneygeneral on Wednesday said his office has launched aninvestigation to determine whether 54 Salvadorans were involvedin opening 54 secret accounts with HSBC in Switzerland.
The accounts under investigation were opened between 1988and 2006 and worth a total of $88.2 million, said Luis Martinez, the country's attorney general.
"We have ordered the Financial Investigations Unit to carryout the investigations," he said, without giving details.
HSBC faces an investigation by U.S. authorities andan inquiry by British lawmakers after admitting failings by itsSwiss private bank that may have allowed some customers to dodgetaxes. (Reporting by Nelson Renteria; Editing by Diane Craft)