Der Fall Lars Windhorst: Wie er 1,6 Milliarden verbrannte

1.6 billion euros from ordinary savers, frozen overnight. Four bankruptcies, an arrest warrant, and Lars Windhorst still flies around in his private jet. Having a few billion in debt is perfectly normal, he says himself. At 16, Windhorst was celebrated as a German wunderkind, the next Bill Gates, the youngest guest at Davos. In 2009, a Berlin court sentenced him to probation for breach of trust. Afterward, he built his next empire with Sapinda and Tennor, financed with other people's money. Around 1.6 billion euros, primarily from French savers, were frozen at the H2O fund; investors withdrew eight billion euros in just eight days. He invested 374 million euros in a football club and later sold his shares for less than 15 million. La Perla, the shipyards in Flensburg and Rendsburg, the central holding company in Amsterdam: all bankrupt. In 2024, a bankruptcy court in Hanover issued an arrest warrant for him to compel him to disclose his assets. The others were ruined. 0:00 Bankrupt four times, never fallen 1:02 The man's name is Lars Windhorst 1:57 The garage in Rahden: the wunderkind 2:51 Davos, Kohl, and the meteoric rise 3:56 The first crash: the breach of trust verdict 6:01 Sapinda, Tennor, and the machine 8:13 H2O: 8 billion in 8 days 10:53 The 374-million-euro deal and the detectives 13:17 Bankruptcies and the arrest warrant 15:42 Three rooms Lars Windhorst was convicted of breach of trust in 2009. The other events described here concerning H2O, the football club, and the bankruptcies did not lead to any criminal conviction against him, and he denies the allegations surrounding the club. The arrest warrant is a coercive detention order under insolvency law, not a criminal conviction. This video puts documented facts into context. Ratings reflect our opinion. More cases: Carsten Maschmeyer:    • AWD-Skandal: 34.000 verlorene Renten, 1,9 ...   Jens Spahn / Mask Deals:    • Jens Spahn & die Maskendeals — und warum d...   🔔 SUBSCRIBE for true German business stories – a new case every week. Sources and image credits: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dRG9... ───── ⓘ TRANSPARENCY & AI NOTICE — This video is partially AI-generated (speech synthesis, some stock images). The photos of Lars Windhorst are licensed and show real images, not AI-generated faces. Facts are based on sources. Ratings = opinion according to Article 5 of the German Basic Law. Lars Windhorst was convicted of breach of trust in 2009. The remaining allegations have not been legally established; he denies them. ───── #ruined #windhorst #h2o #economicscandal #investmentscandal