Other People's Money
The cum-ex scandal has caused 146 billion euros in losses in several countries. Inspired by true events, two women from Germany and Denmark are trying to put an end to it.
Cast: Justus von Dohnányi, Nils Strunk, Karen-Lise Mynster
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Season 1
8 episodes
1. Episode 1In Frankfurt, tax lawyer Dr. Bernd Hausner and the young Sven Lebert set up a fund based on the double refund of capital gains tax: so-called Cum-Ex transactions.12CC44minApr 13, 2025
2. Episode 2In Germany and Denmark, legislation is being drafted in parallel to prevent cum-ex transactions. However, in both countries, the banking lobby is succeeding in influencing the legislation.12CC44minApr 13, 2025
3. Episode 3Hausner and Lebert realize that their business partner, Fred Allen, has been cheating on them for years; they can't report him. For the first time, Lebert considers a future without his mentor.12CC45minApr 13, 2025
4. Episode 4Young tax official Anna Nowak refuses to reimburse Hausner and Lebert's funds worth millions. She informs public prosecutor Lena Birkwald, who takes over the case.12CC45minApr 13, 2025
5. Episode 5Public Prosecutor Birkwald and her team are slowly becoming aware of the extent of the cum-ex transactions. She is pursuing a plan to conduct simultaneous searches in 16 countries.12CC45minApr 14, 2025
6. Episode 6The worldwide searches were a complete success for Public Prosecutor Birkwald – much to the displeasure of Hausner and Lebert. Lebert also learned that he had been let down by her.12CC45minApr 14, 2025
7. Episode 7With Lebert's help, investigative journalists Liholt from Copenhagen and Fromm from Hamburg deceive the Cum-Ex fraudster Akram and get a picture of the shocking extent of the scandal.12CC45minApr 14, 2025
8. Episode 8Lena Birkwald succeeds in making the extent of tax fraud clear to the Finance Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia. But Birkwald also wants to get to grips with the institutions themselves: the banks.12CC44minApr 14, 2025
Other People's Money
★ 6.9/1020251 season8 episodesEnded
The biggest tax heist in European history.
The cum-ex scandal has caused 146 billion euros in losses in several countries. Inspired by true events, two women from Germany and Denmark are trying to put an end to it.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Dustin Loose, Kaspar Munk
- Created by
- Jan Schomburg
- Cast
- Justus von Dohnányi, Nils Strunk, Karen-Lise Mynster, David Dencik, Lars Brygmann, Dia Jovanovic
- Studio
- ZDF, DR, X Filme Creative Pool
