Tag: tax evasion
Hanno Berger in the dock
Hanno Berger The string puller in the Cum-Ex tax affair is facing two processes. He faces a long prison sentence. (Photo: Simon Habegger / 13 Photo) Dusseldorf Idiots, weaklings, socialist…
Hanno Berger in the dock
Dusseldorf Idiots, weaklings, socialist gangs. The contempt that Hanno Berger feels for the German judiciary knows many foul words. The tax attorney once called the prosecutors there “ass fiddles in…
Barclays searched for shady stock deals
Barclays Bank in London Most of the cum-ex transactions at Barclays took place in London, but some German employees are also said to have been accused. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf The…
Raid on Frankfurt branch of Bank of America
Merrill Lynch lettering The US investment bank already recognized in the early 2000s the profits to be made from cum-ex deals. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf A large contingent of 80 prosecutors,…
BFH removes last doubts: Cum-Ex transactions were illegal
Federal Fiscal Court With its judgment, the Federal Fiscal Court clears the last doubts about the legality of cum-ex transactions. (Photo: dpa) Cologne The highest German tax court has ruled:…
Hanno Berger extradited to Germany today
Dusseldorf Hanno Berger is back. According to information from the Handelsblatt, the 71-year-old tax attorney crossed the border between Germany and Switzerland on Thursday morning. The Swiss police handed Berger…
Hanno Berger will be extradited today
Hanno Berger The suspect in the Cum-Ex tax affair will be extradited on Thursday. (Photo: Simon Habegger / 13 Photo) Dusseldorf Hanno Berger is coming back. According to information from…
Switzerland has approved the extradition of Hanno Berger
Hanno Berger The 71-year-old is accused of various offenses in the Cum-Ex tax affair. (Photo: Simon Habegger / 13 Photo) Dusseldorf Hanno Berger’s days in the Cazis Tignez prison are…
Investment banker sentenced to long prison term
District Court of Bonn Judge Roland Zickler found the former risk analyst at MM Warburg guilty of two counts of tax evasion on Wednesday. (Photo: Reuters) Bonn M. sits in…
Investment banker sentenced to long prison term
District Court of Bonn Judge Roland Zickler found the former risk analyst at MM Warburg guilty of two counts of tax evasion on Wednesday. (Photo: Reuters) Bonn M. sits in…
Cum-Ex deals: Investment bankers in the dock
Bonn – District Court of Bonn Judge Roland Zickler found the former risk analyst at MM Warburg guilty of two counts of tax evasion on Wednesday. (Photo: Reuters) The Bonn…
Cum-Ex deals: Investment bankers in the dock
District Court of Bonn Judge Roland Zickler on Wednesday found the former risk analyst at MM Warburg guilty of two counts of tax evasion. (Photo: Reuters) Bonn The criminal proceedings…
Prosecutor demands 7 years in prison for Warburg bankers
District Court of Bonn A former top manager of Warburg Invest, a subsidiary of the Hamburg MM Warburg Group, is on trial here. (Photo: Reuters) Cologne In the criminal proceedings…
Investigators search offices in Frankfurt
PwC in Frankfurt A contingent of around 30 police officers, public prosecutors and tax investigators has been searching the auditing firm’s offices since Wednesday morning. (Photo: imago images / Jan…
When and on what influencers will have to pay taxes in 2022
Cathy Hummels The presenter and influencer advertises beauty products on Instagram, among other things. (Photo: picture alliance/dpa/Revierfoto) Frankfurt The Chinese influencer Huang Wie, known as Viya, had to pay the…
Court sees MM Warburg in duty
Deutsche Bank towers in Frankfurt Bank MM Warburg has sued Deutsche Bank – it is becoming increasingly unlikely that Hamburg will be right. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf This is not a…
The Freshfields secret customer list
Lettering by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer The law firm is the focus of the Cum-Ex investigation. (Photo: imago images/Alexander Pohl) Dusseldorf When the Freshfields law firm was searched in late summer…
The number of proceedings and accused is increasing massively
Section symbols on a courthouse The public prosecutor’s offices in Cologne, Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart are busy with cum-ex criminal proceedings. (Photo: dpa) Cologne For around ten years, prosecutors have…
Tax attorney Hanno Berger is fighting against extradition to Germany
Hanno Berger The 71-year-old is accused of various offenses in the Cum-Ex tax affair. (Photo: Simon Habegger / 13 Photo) Cologne Hanno Berger doesn’t give up. It was not until…
Tax claims against SEB Bank rise to 900 million euros
Dusseldorf First the investigators came, then the mail from the tax office: The major Swedish bank SEB and its German subsidiary DSK Hyp are under massive pressure because of questionable…