Tag: Cum-Ex
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…
Freshfields’ top attorney in the dock
In a previous life, Ulf Johannemann once guarded the goal of Prussia Munster. Then he decided to study law, passed the first state exam in 1996 and never looked back.…
First convicted ex-top banker from MM Warburg has to serve a prison sentence
MM Warburg & Co., involved in the Cum-Ex scandal The convict was part of the private bank. (Photo: IMAGO/Hanno Bode) Dusseldorf A long, successful career ends behind bars. More than…
Eight years in prison for tax attorney Hanno Berger
Hanno Berger The 72-year-old has had a deep fall. He was once one of the most renowned tax lawyers. Now he has been sentenced to the highest prison sentence to…
Cum-Ex process: Hanno Berger convicted
They called him the master, the cum-ex guru. Now he should go to jail. The Bonn Regional Court has sentenced the 72-year-old former star lawyer Hanno Berger to eight years…
Tax attorney Hanno Berger has to go to prison for many years
Hanno Berger The 72-year-old has had a deep fall. He was once one of the most renowned tax lawyers. Now he has been sentenced to the highest prison sentence to…
Prosecutors are demanding nine years in prison for Hanno Berger
Hanno Berger (middle) During a break in the proceedings before the Bonn Regional Court, the tax lawyer is talking to two of his criminal defense lawyers. Since April he has…
Raid on major US banks BNY Mellon and Oddo BHF
Oddo BHF Illegal cum-ex deals call the investigators onto the scene. (Photo: IMAGO/Westlight) Dusseldorf Around 120 investigators from the Cologne public prosecutor’s office, the tax investigation department and the police…
Raid on major US banks BNY Mellon and Oddo BHF
Oddo BHF Illegal cum-ex deals call the investigators onto the scene. (Photo: IMAGO/Westlight) Dusseldorf Around 120 investigators from the Cologne public prosecutor’s office, the tax investigation department and the police…
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…
The Break with the Cum-Ex Master (Part 3)
Bonn Together they earned millions, separately they are now in court. Benjamin Frey didn’t look at Hanno Berger when he took the witness stand in Bonn Regional Court in early…
Investigators continue raid on Deutsche Bank
Police vehicles in front of Deutsche Bank headquarters in 2018 Since Tuesday, investigators have been searching the headquarters again, among other things. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The raid on Deutsche Bank…
Many German companies turn off the lights
Good morning, dear readers, The discounter Aldi Nord reports via Twitter with the notificationto close many branches earlier from November onwards in the 2022/23 winter season. They want to make…
Investigators search the Deutsche Bank headquarters and several apartments
Deutsche Bank headquarters The money house comes under pressure in the cum-ex affair. (Photo: imago images/Mattias Christ) Frankfurt Raid in the twin towers: Public prosecutors, tax investigators and police officers…
Investigators are looking for the Deutsche Bank headquarters and several apartments
Deutsche Bank headquarters The money house comes under pressure in the cum-ex affair. (Photo: imago images/Mattias Christ) Frankfurt Raid in the twin towers: Public prosecutors, tax investigators and police officers…
Greta Thunberg helps Christian Lindner
Olaf Scholz may have a bad memory when it comes to the topics “Cum-Ex” and “Warburg”. But apparently, at least according to his stories, he had an unmistakable sense that…
Apobank submits an invoice to the Warburg Group
Pharmacy bank in Berlin Warburg Invest managed the fund, Apobank acted as custodian bank. (Photo: mauritius images / Schoening / Alamy) Dusseldorf You always meet twice in life, this time…
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…
Raid on KPMG in Frankfurt
The Squaire at Frankfurt Airport A group of 60 investigators searched the premises of KPMG. (Photo: imago images/Aviation-Stock) Cologne The auditing and consulting company KPMG has investigators in the house:…
Prosecutors want long prison sentences for Maple bankers
Maple Bank lettering The process of so-called cum-ex share deals from the now insolvent Maple Bank has been underway since May 2021. (Photo: dpa) Cologne The investigators estimate the damage…