Of course, a raid does not necessarily lead to a court case or even a conviction.
The sheer number of 50 officials from the public prosecutor's office, the Federal Criminal Police Office and the financial supervisory authority Bafin seems quite lavish.
It's hard to imagine that Deutsche Bank and its fund subsidiary DWS were only looking for the famous peanuts for greenwashing - especially since it wasn't the first raid in this context.
Apparently, the authorities promised themselves some of this.
Deutsche Bank and DWS simply can't calm down on this issue, and they obviously can't refute the allegations and reproaches that some products may have been sold a little greener than they actually are.
This is bad for both institutions, which promptly lost a lot of value on the stock exchange, but it also weighs heavily on the financial industry as a whole.
After all, she makes every effort to secure a business area that is as lucrative as it is image-promoting with the entire sustainability - and sometimes overshoots the mark in the process.
The market will decide.
Only those who manage to create lasting trust on the subject and to prevent green label fraud from the board of directors to the customer advisor will be successful with customers and investors.
Everyone else will experience their blue miracle.