Key player in German ‘cum-ex’ tax fraud arrested in Switzerland – prosecutor By Reuters
By Tom Sims and Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Hanno Berger, a German accused of playing a key role in a years-long tax fraud, has been arrested in Switzerland where he had been living in exile, German and Swiss authorities said on Friday. The scandal, known as "cum-ex", is Germany's biggest post-war fraud involving a share-trading scheme that the authorities say cost taxpayers billions of euros. According to the prosecutors, the scheme was promoted by Berger, a German tax inspector-turned-tax adviser, and others. Berger is a defendant in a case that is being tried in...
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