Tag: Cum-Ex
Ex-Warburg boss Olearius must be in the dock from September
Private bank MM Warburg in Hamburg No money house is so in focus in the cum-ex scandal. With the trial of Christian Olearius, the work-up goes into the next round.…
Many ex-board members and a billion dollar scandal
Dusseldorf NRW-Landesbank WestLB has been history for eleven years. Devastating management failures contributed to its downfall. The institute was also involved in illegal cum-ex transactions. The Latin term describes stock…
Tax investigation committee against Scholz probably legal
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) In previous studies, Scholz referred to gaps in memory. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin The Cum-Ex investigative committee demanded by the Union is approaching. A legal opinion…
Investigations against WestLB and Portigon managers become a thriller
Former headquarters of WestLB in Düsseldorf According to the public prosecutor’s office, the Landesbank’s cum-ex transactions were completed between 2007 and 2011. (Photo: imago stock&people) Dusseldorf Thomas Fischer, Alexander Stuhlmann,…
Investigators search financial giant Nomura in Frankfurt
Frankfurt banking district Dusseldorf The scandal surrounding the double refund of capital gains tax paid only once is spreading further. According to information from the Handelsblatt from legal circles, around…
Prime suspect in cum-ex scandal faces extradition
Sanjay Shah The Briton was arrested at the Danish request. (Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images) Dusseldorf Sanjay Shah has made a fortune doing business at the taxpayer’s expense. For a long time,…
Fund manager and 2 Warburg bankers in court
District Court of Bonn In addition to the Varengold business, the charges against the four Duet managers include eight US funds with which cum-ex deals were to be made in…
Bafin initiates special tests against Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe and Varengold Bank
Headquarters of the Varengold Bank in Hamburg The institute is a well-known name in criminal proceedings relating to tax offences. (Photo: Varengold Bank AG) Dusseldorf The financial regulator Bafin wants…
Supervision complaint against the head of the Cologne public prosecutor’s office
Dispute in the NRW judiciary Benjamin Limbach, Anne Brorhilker and Peter Biesenbach (left to right): Are the authorities pushing the Cum-Ex investigations with all their might? Dusseldorf The clarification of…
What does Peter Thiel want? – An approximation
Good morning dear readers, Peter Thiel is many things at the same time: a prodigy of the technology scene and a right-wing libertarian ideologue. Also a celebrated businessman with a…
Supervision complaint against the head of the Cologne public prosecutor’s office
Dispute in the NRW judiciary Benjamin Limbach, Anne Brorhilker and Peter Biesenbach (left to right): Are the authorities pushing the Cum-Ex investigations with all their might? Dusseldorf The clarification of…
Attorney General charges jailed banker
Fortis Bank Insiders assign the Belgian-Dutch financial group a central role in the cum-ex scandal. (Photo: 𧋴Px Unreleased Plus/Getty Images) Dusseldorf Tall, well dressed and always exceedingly polite. Former colleagues…
Grace period for longtime Warburg boss Olearius
Private bank MM Warburg & CO The interim proceedings against the former top banker Christian Olearius of the private bank will be postponed. (Photo: IMAGO/Hanno Bode) Cologne Serious breakdown at…
Convicted Warburg banker fails with constitutional complaint
Lady Justice statue According to the Constitutional Court, the verdict is unobjectionable. (Photo: dpa) Cologne Christian S., ex-plenipotentiary of the Hamburg private bank MM Warburg Bank, has failed with his…
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…
KPMG Law separates from suspicious partner after raid
Frankfurt skyline Apparently, KPMG Law was late in recognizing that one of its partners was no longer tenable. (Photo: Reuters) Cologne It’s over again after less than six months: KPMG…
Investigators are frisking BNP Paribas in Frankfurt
Dusseldorf Since Tuesday, around 130 public prosecutors, tax investigators and police officers have searched the offices of the major French bank BNP Paribas in Frankfurt and the private homes of…
Dispute between WestLB successors goes to the Federal Court of Justice
Portigon flags The institute wants to use legal means to force the first liquidation institution to take over the tax authorities’ claims for reimbursement. (Photo: dpa) Cologne, Frankfurt The billion-euro…
NRW tax investigator Birgit Orths – perpetrators are global and we are not
tax investigation Some of the officials have to buy their own equipment because there is a lack of funds. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Whether cum-ex, tax havens or fraud with Corona…
Investigators search law firm and other company
Frankfurt skyline The public prosecutor’s office confirmed that “as of today, they are executing a search warrant against a law firm in Frankfurt am Main”. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The commercial…