A massive leak of German prosecutors’ documents has revealed how the investment bank took part in the epic European ‘cum-ex’ scam out of its small Irish office. Approval for the bank’s participation in the schemes, witnesses and documentary evidence suggest, came from head office in Joh.
A massive leak of German prosecutors' documents has revealed how the investment bank took part in the epic European "cum-ex" scam out of its small Irish office. Approval for the bank's participation in the schemes, witnesses and documentary evidence suggest, came from head office in Johannesburg.
The investment bank has been named in criminal investigations for its alleged involvement in a number of the infamous German “CumEx” tax scam transactions. Of particular interest to prosecutors in Germany is the case of US pension funds that relied on Investec to make allegedly fraudulent t.