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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsInternational Consortium Investigative Journos takes on Deutsche Bank Probe DUMMY CORPORATION
Leaked records involving a company at the center of a Deutsche Bank money laundering probe expose a global cadre of money makers.
The records concerning former Deutsche Bank subsidiary Regula Ltd. shine a light, too, on how one of the worlds largest banks helped shield the identities and machinations of the worlds rich and powerful.
German police and tax inspectors have raided the homes and offices of German citizens, bankers, accountants and tax advisers as part of a criminal investigation. Authorities allege that Regula helped more than 900 wealthy Germans evade taxes and hide money from government coffers.
This months raids come on the back of a November 2018 search of Deutsche Banks headquarters in Frankfurt.
Regula is what is known as a nominee or dummy company.
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[link:https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/the-dummy-company-at-the-heart-of-deutsche-bank-money-laundering-probe/|
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International Consortium Investigative Journos takes on Deutsche Bank Probe DUMMY CORPORATION (Original Post)
Grasswire2
May 2019
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Yes. I just heard it's history on something like NPR (the other day.) There's a wiki
fierywoman
May 2019
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malaise
(268,709 posts)1. I've been wondering - is this bank connected to former Nazis
or other white supremacists?
fierywoman
(7,671 posts)2. Yes. I just heard it's history on something like NPR (the other day.) There's a wiki
article about it, how it kicked off Jewish managers after Hitler came to power , etc ech ech etc.
malaise
(268,709 posts)3. Somewhere in the back of my head
I know I read something about this.
Now it's falling into place.