Other People's Money

Season 1

Criminal network of wealthy investors, bankers and lawyers orchestrated EUR146B tax fraud scheme across Europe, becoming continent's largest financial heist from taxpayers.

Where to Watch Season 1

8 Episodes

Episode 1
E1
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.
Episode 2
E2
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.
Episode 3
E3
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.
Episode 4
E4
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.
Guld i mund
E5
Guld i mundNiels comes under the spotlight of State Prosecutor Brian Andersen after a routine check reveals an unusually large transfer of money to Niels' account. Olga confronts Niels about his changed behavior, and he is forced to confess. Birkwald gains new insight into the global dimensions of the CumEx network, and she seeks international support from Eurojust to conduct searches of banks and law firms across Europe's borders.
Tilståelser
E6
TilståelserNiels is accused and must stand trial in Denmark. Inger comes into possession of incriminating evidence against him and must choose between her friend and her sense of justice. The European searches led by Birkwald increase the pressure on the masterminds behind CumEx. In a desperate attempt to get out of this hellhole, Lebert realizes that he will have to betray his mentor Hausner to save himself.
Episode 7
E7
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.
Episode 8
E8
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.