TRGerman prosecutors raided Deutsche Bank's headquarters in Frankfurt as part of an investigation into alleged fraudulent tax transactions involving the bank's Postbank unit between 2008 and 2010. The probe focuses on 'cum-cum' trades, where stock transactions around dividend payouts were suspected of enabling tax evasion, potentially costing the German financial industry up to 7 billion euros. This marks the third search of Deutsche Bank this year, following cases related to money laundering and retail banking issues. Deutsche Bank acquired Postbank in phases starting in 2008, and ongoing integration challenges led to regulatory scrutiny and financial losses. Ten former Postbank managers are under suspicion, with 350 million euros in damages reported to the German state.
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