Financial crimes

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Germany's top criminal court almost doubled the amounts a former CEO of a defunct bank and other ex-managers must repay.

Biden justified the pardon by saying that the case against his son was politically tinged, excessive and designed to break him.

J'accuse; just a little boost; independent thinking; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The retailer said the incident involved only one former employee, who had hidden as much as $154 million of delivery expenses since 2021.

An employee "intentionally" made erroneous accounting accrual entries to hide about $132 million to $154 million of cumulative delivery expenses stretching over multiple years.

Captive audience; some disagreement; game of 21; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Kai-Uwe Steck, who spilled the beans to German prosecutors and TV viewers about the Cum-Ex scandal, turned silent at a trial into his own alleged role.

Kai-Uwe Steck, one of the main collaborators with German prosecutors in their vast Cum-Ex probe, appeared in a Bonn court.

The move follows an accounting scandal that has wiped out billions of dollars in market value and drawn investigations by the DOJ and SEC.