Overview

• On July 10, Berger issued a new statement from Hessisches Schwalmstadt jail, asserting “Ich war nie im Unrecht” and vowing to carry on his defense.
• He charged former prosecutor Anne Brorhilker with bias, calling her 2014 search of his residence “a disgrace for the rule of law.”
• Berger alleged false testimony by his ex-partner Kai-Uwe Steck and has filed counter-complaints against the whistleblower.
• The Bundesgerichtshof upheld long sentences imposed by the Landgerichte Bonn and Wiesbaden for his leadership in cum-ex trades.
• The cum-ex schemes orchestrated by Berger cost Germany at least €10 billion before a 2012 law change and a 2021 BGH ruling deemed them tax evasion.