GELD.GIER.MACHT. - Der Fall Cum Ex

Lena works at a bank.She knows the processes, the numbers, and the routines of a system that handles millions every day as if they were pocket change. For a long time, she doesn’t ask any questions—until she realizes that certain transactions are not only unusual but dangerous.

Her boyfriend Lambert, an experienced tax attorney, confirms her suspicions: Behind the transactions lies “Cum-Ex”—a scheme that deprives the government of billions. Lambert was part of it himself. Now he wants out. Together with Lena’s husband Emil and the journalist Carla, they embark on a dangerous battle against a network of money, power, and political influence.

The deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes just how well protected those responsible are—and how many people have become part of a system that thrives on turning a blind eye. But when they start looking closely, more is at stake than billions.

With*Money.Greed.Power.*, Stefan Zimmermann brings a political thriller to the stage that doesn’t recount the largest tax heist in postwar German history from a distance, but from within the system itself.

Lara Joy Körner
Lena Riedel

Max Volkert Martens
Lambert Nickel, attorney and tax expert

Stefan Zimmermann
Emil Riedel, architect, Lena’s husband

Lutz Bembenneck
Dr. Winfried Händler, banker

Katharina Pütter 
Carla Wiese, freelance journalist