Germany

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German prosecutors are preparing to bring the first criminal charges against staff who worked at Macquarie Group Ltd. over the Cum-Ex tax scandal.

A German banker was sentenced to three years and three months for his role in the international tax trading scandal.

Hanno Berger was convicted in a tax scandal that robbed billions of euros from government coffers and ensnared some of Wall Street's biggest banks.

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.

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 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.