Karin Matussek

Henry Gabay, founder of the now-defunct Duet Group, told a German court that he's innocent and that the Cum-Ex charges against him are built on lies.

Dirk Schreiber was the first top manager to be imprisoned over an accounting scandal that led to the near-collapse of the retailer.

Jan Marsalek was a key figure at Wirecard before its implosion in an accounting scandal in June 2020.

The seven-country search could plunge the troubled German landlord deeper into crisis.

The Cum-Ex scandal has robbed billions of euros from government coffers and embroiled some of Wall Street's biggest names.

The two men were named by the retailer in 2019 following a forensic probe by PwC that uncovered $7.2 billion of irregular transactions.

Cum-Ex, a strategy that took advantage of how Germany collected dividend tax, involved multiple parties claiming refunds on a tax that was paid only once.

The case revolves around Cum-Ex, a strategy that took advantage of a loophole in how Germany collected dividend tax.

The trial of Markus Jooste was halted on day one after he was unable to leave his home country South Africa.

Olearius was the first senior banker charged for allegedly taking part in a controversial tax dividend scandal that cost German taxpayers billions of euros.