Hamburg Cum-Ex Affair Now Goes to Court

TL;DR AI-generated The Higher Regional Court of Cologne has accepted charges against a Hamburg tax official for aiding and abetting tax evasion in connection with Cum-Ex transactions. The case concerns whether the official helped the bank MM Warburg retain 90 million euros in wrongly claimed tax refunds. This marks the first time a state representative will stand trial in the investigation of this tax scandal.