BERLIN: Germany’s Deutsche Bank said Wednesday that prosecutors had searched its headquarters in Frankfurt, with media reports saying the probe is linked to alleged “cum-cum” tax avoidance. Cum-cum cases involve investors temporarily transferring ownership of shares to lower tax jurisdictions around dividend day. “We can confirm that prosecutors are carrying out measures in Deutsche Bank’s offices,” the company said in a statement sent to AFP. The bank said that the case “has to do with activities of Postbank between 2008 and 2010.” Deutsche Bank took over Postbank in 2010.

Die Staatsanwaltschaft Düsseldorf durchsucht die Zentrale der Bank. Nach Recherchen von SZ, NDR, und WDR geht es um mehr als 300 Millionen Euro an Schaden.

Ermittler durchsuchen in diesen Minuten die Zentrale der Deutschen Bank. Laut Informationen von „Business Insider“ und WELT steht der Verdacht auf Steuertricks mit…

By Andrea Figueras and Ulrike Dauer