Because of the suspicion of subsidy fraud in the millions in the Corona aid, a total of ten people are now in custody, as the Munich I public prosecutor confirmed on Monday. Accordingly, four suspects were arrested in a nationwide raid on March 30; Charges were brought against the other six in early March before the Munich Regional Court. Another accused, who was arrested shortly before Easter, has been released from prison. The news magazine was the first to report on the recent raid The mirror reported. It was said that in this case alone a dozen people had been taken into custody.
Around 40 properties were searched during the campaign on March 30, mainly in Bavaria, but also in North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. In addition to private rooms, the investigators also secured documents in the business premises of restaurants and brothels. The investigations in this case probably picked up speed after the rooms of a tax consultant had been searched three weeks earlier. It is unclear whether he or someone else led the gang of fraudsters. “Investigations are still ongoing with regard to a possible ‘head’ of the group,” said a spokeswoman for the public prosecutor’s office. According to the Mirror a car dealer with connections to the rocker milieu is said to be the boss.
According to the public prosecutor’s office, the proceedings are directed against a total of 68 suspects, most of them from Munich and the surrounding area, some also from other regions of Germany. The accusation: They are said to have applied for corona bridging aid in an unjustified amount. The previous investigations by the public prosecutor’s office have shown that subsidies of around 56 million have been applied for and around 20 million have actually been paid out.
As the Munich I public prosecutor announced, she is conducting a number of other proceedings for corona subsidy fraud. The investigations that have recently become public relate to the largest amount of damage to date. The charges brought in early March are directed against four suspects who are said to have swindled six million euros, and against a couple who are said to have swindled two million euros.