Jan Schomburg
Director
Other People's Money (2025)
Season 1
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.
Released April 13, 2025
Episode 44 min
None+
Keywords: imdb.financial-scandal, imdb.frankfurt-germany, imdb.financial-crime, imdb.tax-inspector, imdb.21st-century, imdb.2010s, imdb.2000s + 4 more, imdb.tax-lawyer, imdb.copenhagen-denmark, imdb.london-england, imdb.tax-fraud
Production Companies: ZDF, X Filme Creative Pool, True Content Production, Epo-Film, SVT + 6 more, RÚV, Yle, VRT, Danmarks Radio (DR), Nederlandse Publieke Omroep, NRK
Network: DR1
7.0
S1E1 - Episode 1
In 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.
April 13, 2025, midnight
7.0
S1E2 - Episode 2
In 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.
April 13, 2025, midnight
7.0
S1E3 - Episode 3
Hausner 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.
April 13, 2025, midnight
6.5
S1E4 - Episode 4
Young 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.
April 13, 2025, midnight
7.5
S1E5 - Episode 5
Public 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.
April 14, 2025, midnight
8.0
S1E6 - Episode 6
The 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.
April 14, 2025, midnight
7.0
S1E7 - Episode 7
With 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.
April 14, 2025, midnight
7.5
S1E8 - Episode 8
Lena 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.
April 14, 2025, midnight
Network: DR1
Episode Runtime: 44 min.
Season Runtime: 357 min.
Released: April 13, 2025
Last Air Date: April 14, 2025, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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