Jun 1, 2026 · 19 min · 9 segments
By popular request, I am publishing my Reiner Fuellmich series in audio format. This is Part 3, titled “The Grift.” I have also added the audio files to the written articles on my website. This is…
Fuellmich introduced himself in the context of his work for the CIC as follows, quote, "I have been practicing law primarily as a trial lawyer against fraudulent corporations such as Deutsche Bank, formerly one of the world's largest and most respected banks, today one of the most toxic criminal organizations in the world.
VW, one of the world's largest and most respected car manufacturers, today notorious for its giant diesel fraud, and Kuehne & Nagel, the world's largest shipping company.
According to Route sixty-six Post in twenty twenty-one, for instance, quote, "Reiner Fuellmich, the lawyer who succeeded in exposing the Volkswagen emissions cheating scam in the case of the tampered catalytic converters, largest fine in history, two point eight billion, is going after those behind COVID misinformation and promotion." End quote.
The Alberta Press Leader described Fuellmich as, quote, "A top German trial lawyer who won lawsuits against Deutsche Bank and Volkswagen." End quote.
According to the Gold Report, Fuellmich, quote-unquote, "Brought down Deutsche Bank and Volkswagen." Totality of Evidence states that Fuellmich is, quote, "An international trial lawyer who has successfully sued large fraudulent corporations like Volkswagen and Deutsche Bank." End quote.
Reiner Fuellmich is known and respected internationally for his work as a consumer defense lawyer and for having won major lawsuits against corporate giants such as Volkswagen, Kuehne & Nagel, and Deutsche Bank." End quote.
Even some critics of Fuellmich, such as Vice, claimed that he was, quote, "Best known for his involvement in high-profile corporate fraud c- cases against companies including Deutsche Bank and Volkswagen." End quote.
But is any of it actually true? Did Fuellmich really win major lawsuits against Volkswagen, Deutsche Bank, and Kuehne & Nagel? According to ChatGPT, quote, "Major databases do not publish any court documents listing Reiner Fuellmich as counsel of record, lead attorney, or plaintiff in a lawsuit against Volkswagen, whether civil, criminal, or class action in Germany, the US, or any other jurisdiction.
Reputable sources describing the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal, civil and criminal proceedings against the company and executives do mention him as a party or attorney in-- do not mention him as a party or attorney in official cases.
Those include filings from the US Department of Justice and various courts." End quote.
The onus is on Fuellmich's supporters to provide positive evidence of his involvement in these cases.
With respect to Deutsche Bank, Fuellmich told the court, quote, "I was involved in two class actions.
Most recently, this involved a class action pending in Southern California against Deutsche Bank in twenty seventeen with a value in dispute of eighty-five billion dollars.
I worked pro bono, that is, without asking for or receiving any money, by informing the court through an amicus curiae brief that Deutsche Bank regularly not only negligently violates applicable law, but does so intentionally, for example, by committing systematic litigation fraud in German courts in order to win lawsuits by lying.
Two or three weeks after my brief and after I had reported on it at Deutsche Bank's annual general meeting in front of the entire management board, the entire supervisory board, and thousands of shareholders, Deutsche Bank suddenly settled on terms that have not yet been made public.
Fuellmich invites the reader to believe that he was somehow responsible for Deutsche Bank settling.
He merely claimed to have provided an amicus curiae brief, which is a legal document filed by a person or organization not directly involved in a case aimed at providing the court of additional expertise.
Fuellmich introduced himself in the context of his work for the CIC as follows, quote, "I have been practicing law primarily as a trial lawyer against fraudulent corporations such as Deutsche Bank, formerly one of the world's largest and most respected banks, today one of the most toxic criminal organizations in the world.
VW, one of the world's largest and most respected car manufacturers, today notorious for its giant diesel fraud, and Kuehne & Nagel, the world's largest shipping company.
According to Route sixty-six Post in twenty twenty-one, for instance, quote, "Reiner Fuellmich, the lawyer who succeeded in exposing the Volkswagen emissions cheating scam in the case of the tampered catalytic converters, largest fine in history, two point eight billion, is going after those behind COVID misinformation and promotion." End quote.
The Alberta Press Leader described Fuellmich as, quote, "A top German trial lawyer who won lawsuits against Deutsche Bank and Volkswagen." End quote.
According to the Gold Report, Fuellmich, quote-unquote, "Brought down Deutsche Bank and Volkswagen." Totality of Evidence states that Fuellmich is, quote, "An international trial lawyer who has successfully sued large fraudulent corporations like Volkswagen and Deutsche Bank." End quote.
Reiner Fuellmich is known and respected internationally for his work as a consumer defense lawyer and for having won major lawsuits against corporate giants such as Volkswagen, Kuehne & Nagel, and Deutsche Bank." End quote.
Even some critics of Fuellmich, such as Vice, claimed that he was, quote, "Best known for his involvement in high-profile corporate fraud c- cases against companies including Deutsche Bank and Volkswagen." End quote.
But is any of it actually true? Did Fuellmich really win major lawsuits against Volkswagen, Deutsche Bank, and Kuehne & Nagel? According to ChatGPT, quote, "Major databases do not publish any court documents listing Reiner Fuellmich as counsel of record, lead attorney, or plaintiff in a lawsuit against Volkswagen, whether civil, criminal, or class action in Germany, the US, or any other jurisdiction.
Reputable sources describing the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal, civil and criminal proceedings against the company and executives do mention him as a party or attorney in-- do not mention him as a party or attorney in official cases.
Those include filings from the US Department of Justice and various courts." End quote.
The onus is on Fuellmich's supporters to provide positive evidence of his involvement in these cases.
With respect to Deutsche Bank, Fuellmich told the court, quote, "I was involved in two class actions.
Most recently, this involved a class action pending in Southern California against Deutsche Bank in twenty seventeen with a value in dispute of eighty-five billion dollars.
I worked pro bono, that is, without asking for or receiving any money, by informing the court through an amicus curiae brief that Deutsche Bank regularly not only negligently violates applicable law, but does so intentionally, for example, by committing systematic litigation fraud in German courts in order to win lawsuits by lying.
Two or three weeks after my brief and after I had reported on it at Deutsche Bank's annual general meeting in front of the entire management board, the entire supervisory board, and thousands of shareholders, Deutsche Bank suddenly settled on terms that have not yet been made public.
Fuellmich invites the reader to believe that he was somehow responsible for Deutsche Bank settling.
He merely claimed to have provided an amicus curiae brief, which is a legal document filed by a person or organization not directly involved in a case aimed at providing the court of additional expertise.
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