Jurisdiction · Germany

Financial conduct records — Germany

4 documented case files are recorded in Germany. Every entry summarises material already published by a court, prosecutor, regulator or established news organisation, and links to that source.

German records are supervised by BaFin and prosecuted by regional public prosecutors, with trials before the regional courts (Landgerichte) and review by the Federal Court of Justice.

Case files in this group

Ref.MatterJurisdictionAuthorityAroseLast decisionStatus
DE-2020-01Wirecard AG: EUR 1.9bn reported missing, insolvency and a continuing criminal trial in Munich

Wirecard AG (insolvent)

GermanyMunich I Regional Court / Munich public prosecutor18 June 202016 December 2024Trial in progress
DE-2020-02Bonn Regional Court convicts in the first cum-ex trial; the Federal Court of Justice upholds the finding

Cum-ex dividend trading — multiple institutions

GermanyBonn Regional Court / Federal Court of Justice18 March 202028 July 2021Convictions upheld
DE-2021-01BaFin closes Greensill Bank and files a criminal complaint over its balance sheet

Greensill Bank AG (Bremen)

GermanyBaFin3 March 202116 March 2021Moratorium, then insolvency
DE-2021-02BaFin extends the special monitor appointed over Deutsche Bank's anti-money-laundering controls

Deutsche Bank AG

GermanyBaFin21 September 201824 March 2022Special monitor extended

Individuals recorded in this group

Markus Braun — Former chief executive, Wirecard AG, Germany — register entry photographGermany

Court record

Markus Braun

Former chief executive, Wirecard AG

On trial before the Munich Regional Court on fraud and accounting charges; he denies wrongdoing

Josef Ackermann — Former chief executive, Deutsche Bank, Germany — register entry photographGermany

Court record

Josef Ackermann

Former chief executive, Deutsche Bank

Tried in the Mannesmann bonus proceedings; the case ended in 2006 with a settlement and no conviction

Christian Sewing — Chief executive, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany — register entry photographGermany

Regulator decision

Christian Sewing

Chief executive, Deutsche Bank AG

Led Deutsche Bank during the period covered by the 2023 BaFin enforcement order over anti-money-laundering controls

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