Articles by Christian Krauße, LL.M. Eur.

The fiscal court Kassel has decided that the damage, which occurred by counterfeit money, can be deducted under circumstances taxable as income-related expenses.

The public prosecutor’s office Munich I has expanded its investigations in the sphere of the payment service provider Wirecard. The company has received indications of a new short sale-attack.

The public prosecutor’s office in Munich is investigating a journalist of the Financial Times. An investor claims to have been provided with insider information from the journalist before a negative press report about the German company Wirecard.

In Nuremberg, paintings by Adolf Hitler were to be auctioned off in an auction house. The public prosecutor’s office assumes that these are forgeries. It has seized a total of 63 Hitler paintings.

In a recent decision, the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main has classified the closest family circle as an area free of a special protection against defamation. Insults can be expressed within the family without the need for criminal liability.

With the help of an illegal tax trick, high tax advantages are to be obtained in so-called turnover tax carousels. Currently, there are more and more cases of tax fraud in trade with metals, especially copper.

The district court Nuremberg-Fürth has decided that the withdrawal of the driving licence is only possible if a damage of more than 2.500,00 Euro is caused.