Ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf Banking Lawyer on Trial in Germany’s Cum-Ex Tax Scandal

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In spite of tax damages of almost half a billion euros, the Cum-Ex-Kronzeuge is allowed to remain at large. The court sentenced him only to a sentence on probation. That's fatal.

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A lawyer was a driving force in the biggest tax fraud in the Federal Republic. Later he unpacked and regretted his actions. How hard should he be punished?

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The most important witness in the largest tax scandal in the Republic had hoped for impunity. However, the judges imposed a probation sentence on Kai-Uwe Steck. He had earned millions of dollars in cum ex transactions – but so far only a part has been repaid.

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A further judgment is given today in the legal review of billion-dollar stock transactions to the detriment of financial authorities, so-called cum-ex transactions.

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The biggest tax scandal in post-war Germany has another verdict. A key lawyer in the so-called cum-ex affair has been released from court on probation. The whole case reaches the highest levels of German politics.