Explosive discovery in connection with the Cum-ex affair: investigators discovered 200,000 euros in cash in a bank safe deposit box belonging to the former Hamburg politician Johannes Kahrs (SPD).
This is reported by the “Bild” newspaper on its online site. The money was found last fall, when the officials also searched rooms of the tax authority and Kahrs’ private apartment in Berlin. In this context, as has only just become known, Kahrs’ locker at the Hamburger Sparkasse (Haspa) was also opened. According to “Bild”, the investigators found 200,000 euros in bills of different sizes.
SPD man Johannes Kahrs: Officials find 200,000 euros in cash
According to “Bild”, the Cologne public prosecutor’s office, which is leading the investigation, apparently sees this as an indication that Kahrs may have campaigned to save the Hamburg Warburg Bank, which was involved in illegal so-called cum-ex transactions, huge tax repayments in the millions.
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According to the report, the accusation is: Initial suspicion of favoring tax evasion. (mp)
