Tag: Money laundering
Smartphone bank terminates numerous accounts without notice
Frankfurt The most valuable German fintech is threatened with new trouble: customers are outraged because their N26 account was abruptly terminated. No transfers, no cash withdrawals: the Handelsblatt is aware…
Justice wants extradition of ex-board member Jan Marsalek
Manhunt for ex-Wirecard board member Jan Marsalek has been on the run since the payment service provider collapsed. He is considered the central figure in the billion dollar fraud. (Photo:…
Justice asks for the extradition of ex-Wirecard board member Marsalek
Manhunt for ex-Wirecard board member Jan Marsalek has been on the run since the payment service provider collapsed. He is considered the central figure in the billion dollar fraud. (Photo:…
Authorities confiscate 25 million euros
Hermes kiosks The reality of Indian stores did not match the presentations. (Photo: private) Dusseldorf, Berlin, New York Almost two years after the collapse of Wirecard, new evidence of irregularities…
The clarification depends on tax attorney Hanno Berger and witness Oliver Bellenhaus
Dusseldorf The Cum-Ex and Wirecard scandals are the two largest and most publicized white-collar crime cases in recent years. And in these weeks there is a lot of movement in…
Ban on new customers in Italy due to money laundering deficiencies
N26 bank The Italian central bank calls for improvements in the fight against money laundering. (Photo: imago images / photothek) Hanover The Berlin smartphone bank N26 is no longer allowed…
N26 receives new customer ban in Italy due to money laundering deficiencies
N26 bank The Italian central bank calls for improvements in the fight against money laundering. (Photo: imago images / photothek) Hanover The Berlin smartphone bank N26 is no longer allowed…
Mexican cartels use them to launder money
Drug discovery in Latin America The cartels make most of their money from drugs. The profits made are laundered into billions. (Photo: imago images/Agencia EFE) Mexico City, Frankfurt Organized crime…
London Mayor: Open oligarch homes to refugees
Sadiq Khan London’s mayor wants to accommodate refugees from Ukraine in the properties of Russian oligarchs. (Photo: imago images/ZUMA Wire) London Mayor Sadiq Khan has spoken out in favor of…
War in Ukraine: Oligarchs on the sanctions lists
Vladimir Potanin The very rich art lover no longer “advises” the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Advising means, of course, supporting the museum’s events financially. (Photo: Chris J Ratcliffe/Bloomberg) Zurich…
The data leak is a risk for Credit Suisse’s new strategy
CreditSuisse Over 30,000 account records have been evaluated by an international network of journalists. (Photo: dpa) Just when it seems that the most turbulent phase is over, Credit Suisse gets…
Swiss financial regulator Finma examines revelations
CreditSuisse Over 30,000 account records have been evaluated by an international network of journalists. (Photo: dpa) Zurich The publication of customer lists by Credit Suisse, on which autocrats and criminals…
How Jan Marsalek made 315 million euros disappear
It was the biggest deal Wirecard has ever completed. In 2015, the then German model company bought the Indian payment processor Hermes for 315 million euros. The board celebrated a…
German ex-Goldman banker puts a heavy burden on top managers
Tim Leissner (middle) 44 million dollars (39 million euros) were confiscated from the ex-Southeast Asia boss. (Photo: Bloomberg) new York It was an explosive statement: Executives at the major US…
Inquiry Finds Corruption in Iraq – Stock Plunges
Borje Ekholm The admission could bring new problems for the group, including in the United States. (Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images) Stockholm The network supplier Ericsson has admitted possible bribe payments in…
Searches in the Federal Ministry of Justice were not permitted
Federal Ministry of Finance in Berlin The background was investigations into suspected criminal frustration in office. (Photo: dpa) Osnabruck The district court of Osnabrück has subsequently overturned a controversial decision…
Did the bank launder money for a drug lord?
Credit Suisse branch in Zurich Zurich It was the surprise at the start of the trial: Evelin Banev, a convicted Bulgarian drug lord, is to be questioned before the Swiss…
N26 is in trouble in France: Customers are suing the smartphone bank
Advertisement from N26 Some French customers are suing the Berlin smartphone bank. (Photo: Getty Images) Frankfort, Paris The Berlin smartphone bank N26, one of the most valuable start-ups in Germany,…
Prosecutors are bringing charges against former Marsalek confidants
Wirecard The payment service provider slipped into bankruptcy in 2020. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf In the financial scandal surrounding the payment service provider Wirecard, the Munich public prosecutor’s office brought charges…
Bafin imposes a fine on Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank headquarters in Frankfurt am Main The bank wants to accept the fine from the Bafin. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Deutsche Bank has to pay a fine of EUR 8.66…