Tag: Criminal proceedings
Tax office: These bitcoin tax evaders are discovered
silhouettes Tax investigators suspect that taxes in the millions are being evaded in the trade in cryptocurrencies. (Photo: IMAGO) Frankfurt In the noughties, it was the owners of black money…
Federal Court of Justice overturns judgment against two stock market professionals
The verdict is now moot. “In all cases, the criminal court based its assessment of evidence on documents without making them the subject of the main hearing,” said the Federal…
An indictment of the rule of law
Hanno Berger The tax attorney was sentenced to just eight years in prison instead of the maximum sentence of 15 years – because the state is too slow. (Photo: dpa)…
Bonn district court allows charges against four Duet fund managers
passers-by in London The main suspect in this case is the head of the London fund company Duet. (Photo: Reuters) Cologne The fund company Duet from London is only known…
Court sentences former Maple bosses to more than four years in prison
maple bank Four former Maple Bank employees were convicted by the Frankfurt Regional Court on Monday. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The presiding judge, Werner Gröschel, identified a “very significant level of…
Court sentences former Maple bosses to more than four years in prison
maple bank Four former Maple Bank employees were convicted by the Frankfurt Regional Court on Monday. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The presiding judge, Werner Gröschel, identified “very considerable criminal energy” in…
Two former HVB bankers sentenced to suspended sentences
District Court of Wiesbaden The fourth Cum-Ex trial ends with guilty verdicts. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf/Wiesbaden It’s not often that bank advisors are convicted for helping clients evade taxes. This was…
Prosecutors indict four foreign investment bankers
The trial against Cum-Ex key figure Berger started in April The case now indicted involves two funds. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The Cologne public prosecutor has presented the next indictment in…
Greek court acquits Siemens manager in bribery affair
Archive image of Heinrich von Pierer The former CEO of Siemens has been exonerated by the Athens Court of Appeal together with several ex-managers. (Photo: dpa) Cologne The Greek Court…
Warburg and BNY Mellon pay back 60 million to the Treasury
MM Warburg & CO According to information from the Handelsblatt, the Hamburg private bank has transferred around 30 million to the Federal Central Tax Office. (Photo: imago images/Hanno Bode) Dusseldorf…
Warburg owner Olearius fails with an appeal against the indictment
Hamburger Warburg Bank Christian Olearius was head of the private bank for many years. (Photo: Getty Images) Dusseldorf It is a setback for Christian Olearius: The Higher Regional Court (OLG)…
Twelve years in prison for the acid attack on Bernhard Günther
Bernhard Gunther The energy manager was attacked in March 2018 and burned with acid. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Four and a half years after the acid attack on Bernhard Günther, the…
Twelve years in prison for the acid attack on Bernhard Günther
Bernhard Gunther The energy manager was attacked in March 2018 and burned with acid. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Four and a half years after the acid attack on Bernhard Günther, the…
Warburg banker continues to protest his innocence
Christian Olearius A respected banker in Hamburg for many years. (Photo: ullstein bild – Fabricius/WELT) Dusseldorf The Bonn Regional Court has already issued three judgments in connection with transactions by…
Public prosecutors accuse Christian Olearius
Christian Olearius A respected banker in Hamburg for many years. (Photo: ullstein bild – Fabricius/WELT) Dusseldorf Christian Olearius tried everything to avert the disaster. The accusation that he had helped…
Hanno Berger extradited to Germany today
Dusseldorf Hanno Berger is back. According to information from the Handelsblatt, the 71-year-old tax attorney crossed the border between Germany and Switzerland on Thursday morning. The Swiss police handed Berger…
Hanno Berger will be extradited today
Hanno Berger The suspect in the Cum-Ex tax affair will be extradited on Thursday. (Photo: Simon Habegger / 13 Photo) Dusseldorf Hanno Berger is coming back. According to information from…
The number of proceedings and accused is increasing massively
Section symbols on a courthouse The public prosecutor’s offices in Cologne, Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart are busy with cum-ex criminal proceedings. (Photo: dpa) Cologne For around ten years, prosecutors have…
3 German lawyers in the Swiss dock
Bank Sarasin logo in Geneva Two former bankers of the money house are on trial in Switzerland. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf Coming to terms with the Cum-Ex affair is the number…
Fourth raid on Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Freshfields It is still possible that Freshfields, as a law firm, will also be drawn into criminal proceedings. (Photo: imago images / Alexander Pohl) Dusseldorf Raids in top law firms…