Topic: Reichsburger

German authorities are investigating the "Reichsburger" movement following nationwide raids against a group allegedly plotting to overthrow the government and form homeland security units. In a separate legal development, tax lawyer Hanno Berger was sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in the "Comex" tax fraud scheme. The fraud deprived the German government of over $1 billion in revenue through illegal share swapping.

German authorities conducted massive raids involving 3,000 officers to arrest 25 individuals associated with the Reichsbürger movement. The group, allegedly led by minor aristocrat Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss, is accused of plotting a violent coup to overthrow the German state and storm the Bundestag. Media coverage links the group's ideology to QAnon and sovereign citizen movements.