Tag: tax evasion
SPD man Kahrs stashed 214,800 euros in the locker
Johannes Kahrs What role does the former SPD member of the Bundestag play in cum-ex deals? (Photo: imago images/Metodi Popow) Berlin This find raises questions: 214,800 euros in cash are…
SPD man Kahrs stashed 214,800 euros in the locker
Johannes Kahrs What role does the former SPD member of the Bundestag play in cum-ex deals? (Photo: imago images/Metodi Popow) This find raises questions: 214,800 euros in cash are said…
In the Cum-Ex tax scandal, everything points to a confession by Hanno Berger. The court also expects a million-dollar payment. But there is a problem.
Hanno Berger in court The tax lawyer Hanno Berger earned millions with cum-ex deals. He now faces up to 15 years in prison. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Hanno Berger wasn’t there…
Former Fortis banker extradited to Germany
Frankfurt skyline The former banker is in custody in the Main metropolis. (Photo: Reuters) Cologne A few days after his arrest in Mallorca, the Spanish authorities extradited the banker H.…
“Cum-Ex-Mastermind” Hanno Berger is considering confession
Dusseldorf He was a fugitive for nine years and has been in the dock for three months. Now Hanno Berger might confess. Germany’s best-known tax lawyer could concede in court…
Berger always lectured about his innocence in the Cum-Ex tax affair. Now his lawyer brings a confession into play. But that shouldn’t be enough for the court.
Hanno Berger in court The tax attorney Hanno Berger faces up to 15 years in prison. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf He was a fugitive for nine years and has been in…
State banks and their controllers in politics betray the taxpayers
What we haven’t been through with the German state banks. For a long time they were a figurehead, as they promoted German medium-sized companies with loans that private banks were…
How Landesbanken reached into the state coffers
Peter Tschentscher (left) and Norbert Walter-Borjans Hamburg’s mayor and the ex-WestLB supervisory board were poorly informed about the cum-ex transactions of their state banks. (Photo: dpa, Imago, PR [M]) Dusseldorf…
How Landesbanken reached into the state coffers
Peter Tschentscher (left) and Norbert Walter-Borjans Hamburg’s mayor and the ex-WestLB supervisory board were poorly informed about the cum-ex transactions of their state banks. (Photo: dpa, Imago, PR [M]) Dusseldorf…
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…
Investigations against ex-HSBC Germany boss Schmettow
HSBC – Carola von Schmettow Carola Gräfin von Schmettow: According to Handelsblatt information, prosecutors are investigating the former head of HSBC Germany. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Ethics, decency, integrity: Carola Gräfin…
Chairman of the supervisory board under suspicion because of Cum-Ex
Headquarters of HSBC Germany in Dusseldorf The bank has so far been taciturn about the Cum-Ex investigation. (Photo: HSBC) Dusseldorf Paul Hagen and his bank have been inseparable for more…
Cum-Ex: Prime suspect arrested in Dubai
Sanjay Shah Arrested at Danish request. (Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images) Dusseldorf For many years Sanjay Shah was able to live undisturbed on the Palm Island in Dubai. He threw charity parties…
This is how the start of the second trial against Hanno Berger went
Cum-Ex trial against Hanno Berger in Wiesbaden In the billion-dollar tax scandal surrounding cum-ex stock deals, a second trial against key figure Hanno Berger has begun. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Chief…
BGH confirms long prison sentence for Warburg bankers
Private bank MM Warburg The convict was considered a confidant of the longtime Warburg boss Christian Olearius. (Photo: dpa) Cologne Now it’s final: In Germany, for the first time, a…
Raid in Frankfurt – allegations in the cum-ex scandal
MorganStanley Raid on the bank’s Frankfurt offices. (Photo: AFP) Frankfurt A squad of 75 prosecutors, tax investigators and police officers have been searching the German branch of the US bank…
Cum-ex: Hanno Berger – extradition for fraud?
Hanno Berger The string puller in the Cum-Ex tax affair faces a long prison sentence. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The German criminal process requires the presence of the accused. Alluding to…
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…
Tax attorney is combative at the start of the process
Hanno Berger (centre) next to his lawyers Carsten Rubarth (right) and Martin Kretschmer The former tax attorney faces up to 15 years in prison. (Photo: dpa) Bonn At 10:10 a.m.,…