Tag: economic crime
Insolvency administrator demands dividends back from major shareholders
Payment service provider Wirecard Berlin, Düsseldorf The insolvency administrator of the former Dax group Wirecard is demanding dividends back from major shareholders. Corresponding letters of repayment were recently sent to…
Joe Biden’s son Hunter charged with gun purchase
Hunter Biden A deal with the public prosecutor’s office fell through before the indictment. (Photo: dpa) Washington Charges have been brought against the son of US President Joe Biden for…
Joe Biden’s son Hunter charged with gun purchase
Hunter Biden A deal with the public prosecutor’s office fell through before the indictment. (Photo: dpa) Washington Charges have been brought against the son of US President Joe Biden for…
Cum-Ex “too good to be true”
Maple Bank lettering In the case of cum-ex transactions, which Maple Bank ran under the name “German Pair Strategy”, banks and investors never had any capital gains taxes paid refunded.…
Court later rules on Marsalek’s letter
Former Wirecard headquarters Munich In the Wirecard criminal trial, the Munich district court does not want to make a short-term decision on whether to read out a letter from the…
Who is the lawyer that Jan Marsalek trusts?
Marsalek’s lawyer The Munich lawyer Frank Eckstein has been in contact with Wirecard’s former Asian board member, Jan Marsalek, who went into hiding since May 2020. (Photo: Eckstein & Colleagues)…
Letter from the fugitive ex-Wirecard board member causes controversy in the process
Manhunt for ex-Wirecard board member Jan Marsalek The manager went into hiding about three years ago. (Photo: dpa) Munich In the criminal proceedings surrounding the billion-euro bankruptcy of the payment…
Ex-Wirecard board member Jan Marsalek comments on the lawyer
Manhunt for ex-Wirecard board member Jan Marsalek The manager went into hiding about three years ago. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Former Wirecard board member Jan Marsalek commented in a several-page letter…
Fugitive Wirecard manager comments on the billion-euro fraud process
Manhunt for ex-Wirecard board member Jan Marsalek The manager went into hiding about three years ago. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Former Wirecard board member Jan Marsalek commented in a several-page letter…
Fugitive ex-Wirecard board member comments on the criminal process
Manhunt for ex-Wirecard board member Jan Marsalek The manager went into hiding about three years ago. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf After years, there is apparently a sign of life from the…
Markus Braun’s lawyer starts a large-scale initiative
Wirecard process Ex-Wirecard CEO Markus Braun (centre) has been in custody for almost three years. His main defense attorney is Alfred Dierlamm (left), one of the best-known criminal lawyers in…
Swiss Re prevails against ex-Wirecard boss Markus Braun
Markus Brown Ex-Wirecard CEO Markus Braun has been in custody for almost three years. His main defense attorney is Alfred Dierlamm (right), one of the best-known criminal lawyers in this…
Cum-Ex dispute between the Attorney General and ex-NRW Minister escalated
Peter Biesenbach In March 2023, the former North Rhine-Westphalia Minister of Justice lodged a complaint against the head of the Cologne public prosecutor’s office and his former deputy. (Photo: dpa)…
Ex-Wirecard boss Braun goes before the Federal Constitutional Court
Markus Brown The ex-Wirecard CEO sees his fundamental rights violated by the Munich Higher Regional Court. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to a newspaper report, former Wirecard boss Markus Braun is…
EY puts pressure on job cuts
EY office building The auditing company is suffering from the consequences of the Wirecard scandal. (Photo: IMAGO/Michael Gstettenbauer) Dusseldorf The auditing and consulting company EY is increasing the pressure on…
Fund company DWS is negotiating with the public prosecutor
DWS logo The public prosecutor’s office in Frankfurt is still investigating against the Deutsche Bank subsidiary because of the greenwashing affair. (Photo: REUTERS) Frankfurt, Cologne According to Handelsblatt information, the…
The head of the Cologne public prosecutor surprisingly throws down
Building of the public prosecutor’s office in Cologne Cologne The largest investigative authority in North Rhine-Westphalia, with around 600 employees, needs a new boss: the previous head of the authority,…
Precious metals arouse desires – how companies protect themselves
copper plates The value of copper has also increased in recent years. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt The 500 gram gold bar on display in the conference room of the Frankfurt branch…
EU Commission demands “immediate” Huawei ban
EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton Breton also warns German companies to stop working with Huawei and ZTE. (Photo: Agencja Wyborcza.pl via REUTERS) Brussels The EU Commission has announced that…
India targets Deutsche Bank for Xiaomi remittances
Deutsche Bank AG The banks had received the notifications because they allegedly had allowed such transfers abroad without a corresponding examination and request for the necessary documents. (Photo: dpa) New…