STEVE INSKEEP, host: The hunt for unpaid taxes is at the top of NPR's business news.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: Germany's largest bank, Deutsche Bank, is paying half a billion dollars to American authorities. The payment is for its role in helping rich Americans evade taxes. The bank is a major player in global financial markets, and American officials say it participated in tax shelters that enabled wealthy Americans to evade nearly $6 billion in taxes, starting in 1996.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: According to The New York Times, the investigation was part of a larger probe into tax shelters.
Germany's largest bank is paying more than $550 million to U.S. authorities for its role in helping rich Americans evade taxes. Deutsche Bank is a major player in global financial markets, and U.S. officials say it participated in tax shelters that enabled wealthy Americans evade nearly $6 billion in taxes, starting in 1996.