Tag: embezzlement
Six years in prison for corrupt chief prosecutor
Alexander Badle The affair has been shaking the Hessian judiciary since the summer of 2020. (Image: dpa) Dusseldorf The Frankfurt Regional Court sentenced the former senior public prosecutor Alexander Badle…
Diesel investigators at Continental find key witnesses
Continental AG According to the authorities, the proceedings for aiding and abetting fraud, breach of trust and aiding and abetting breach of trust are still directed against a total of…
Former board members have to go to court again because of works council wages
Dusseldorf The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has lifted the acquittals for two former Volkswagen Group board members and two other former VW HR managers. The case is about possible…
Key witness Bellenhaus calls the group “cancer”
Oliver Bellenhaus (middle) The former managing director of a Wirecard subsidiary in Dubai admitted years of falsification of the balance sheet, but also put a heavy burden on the former…
Key witness Bellenhaus calls the group “a cancerous growth”
Oliver Bellenhaus (middle) The former managing director of a Wirecard subsidiary in Dubai admitted years of falsification of the balance sheet, but also put a heavy burden on the former…
Raid on the stove builder and the Gerhard Manfred Rokossa Foundation
Wall installation at Spartherm The fresco shows company founder Rokossa in prominent company. (Photo: private) Cologne The public prosecutor’s office in Osnabrück has expanded its investigations into the Spartherm Feuerungstechnik…
Raid on the stove builder and the Gerhard Manfred Rokossa Foundation
Wall installation at Spartherm The fresco shows company founder Rokossa in prominent company. (Photo: private) Cologne The public prosecutor’s office in Osnabrück has expanded its investigations into the Spartherm Feuerungstechnik…
French judiciary is investigating allegations of embezzlement against Le Pen
Marine Le Pen The right-wing populist is running for the second time against Emmanuel Macron in the runoff election for the office of president. (Photo: AP) Paris In the middle…
Suspicion of infidelity against ex-functionary
Friedrich Curtius According to the suspicion of the public prosecutor’s office, the former official is said to have concluded a service contract with a communications agency on behalf of the…
German ex-Goldman banker puts a heavy burden on top managers
Tim Leissner (middle) 44 million dollars (39 million euros) were confiscated from the ex-Southeast Asia boss. (Photo: Bloomberg) new York It was an explosive statement: Executives at the major US…
Greens: Public prosecutors are investigating against the Greens board
Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck Corona special payments: prosecutors are investigating the Green party executive. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Berlin public prosecutor’s office is investigating the federal executive committee of…
Prosecutors are bringing charges against former Marsalek confidants
Wirecard The payment service provider slipped into bankruptcy in 2020. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf In the financial scandal surrounding the payment service provider Wirecard, the Munich public prosecutor’s office brought charges…
Wealthy customers betrayed – employees convicted
Sparkasse logo A private customer advisor at Sparkasse Werra-Meißner cheated wealthy, elderly customers for years. Strong internal pressure drove him into a gambling addiction, he said in court. (Photo: dpa)…
Austria’s judiciary requests the lifting of Kurz’s immunity
Sebastian Kurz Kurz and his leadership circle are said to have bought positive media reports and embellished surveys with tax money. (Photo: Getty Images) Vienna Austrian public prosecutors have applied…
Victory on points against Bafin – “Effenberg-Bank” can keep boss
Stefan Effenberg The VR-Bank Bad Salzungen Schmalkalden made headlines three years ago when it hired ex-national player Stefan Effenberg as a specialist in football financing. (Photo: Bongarts / Getty Images)…
Did ex-works council boss Osterloh get too much money?
Braunschweig Bernd Osterloh actually works in Munich now. Since May he has been Chief Human Resources Officer at Traton, the truck subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. But on Monday, Osterloh…