Germany seeks evidence from Hollywood movie community for investigation into alleged tax evasion

Article based on an application for the appointment of a
Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged tax evasion – pursuant to a request for judicial
assistance from Germany – that was filed at federal court in the USA on August 1, 2008. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Dierk Ernst, Friedrich-Wilhelm Patt, Klaus-Werner Sebbel, Josef Hobl, Hubert Benger, Georg Fritz, Stefan Volk, Andreas Ahlmann, Philip Prior, Tolkien Enterprises, Saul Zaentz, The Saul Zaentz Company, Hannover Leasing GmbH & Co. KG, Dia Productions GmbH & Co. KG, Sam Productions GmbH & Co. KG, Magical Productions GmbH & Co. KG, Shallow Hal Filmprodduktion GmbH & Co., KG, Kinofilmproduktion “Unfaithful” GmbH & Co. KG, Lord Zweite Productions Deutschland Filmproduktions GmbH & Co. KG, Lord Dritte Productions Deutschland Filmproduktions, GmbH & Co KG, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Pico Film Inc., Twentieth Century Fox World Wide Productions Inc., Deluxe Laboratories Inc., Shooting Star Communications Inc., Emerald City Productions, FotoKem, Katja Motion Picture Corp., New Line Productions, Inc., New Line Distribution Inc., New Line Corp., Juno Pix Inc., Avery Pix Inc., Babcock & Brown Try Ltd., d.b.a. CineRaria Film Advisors; Nicolas Laboratories Inc., Andrew Matthews, Paul Prokop, Carolyn Nooan, Sarah Frith, Susannah R. Juni, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Lawrence J. Ulman, Shooting Star Holdings Inc., Patricia Murphy, Richard Reiner, Stankevich-Gochman LLP, Barrie M. Osborne, Jane Waxman, Raymond L. Parrish, John Amussen, Steven P. Kaplan, Holland Ealum, Carole McCall, Law Office of Peter Levitan, Peter Levitan, Hamet Verwaltungs GmbH, Astrato Verwaltungs GmbH, Lopan Beteiligungs GmbH, Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen Girozentrale, HypoVereinsbank, Deutsche Bank, Helaba Dublin Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen, Cadmus Verwaltungs GmbH, Orion Verwaltungsgesellschaft & Co. Beteiligungs KG, Hannover Leasing Treuhand-Vermoegensverwaltung GmbH, Delta Vermietungs GmbH, Industrie- und Verkehrstreuhand, and Accontis GmbH Finanzanlagen and Beteiligungen.