The process of suspected fraud in the millions at the expense of Fielmann AG goes back to a single invoice. A request from the tax investigators got the investigation rolling, said an officer responsible for corruption cases at the Schleswig-Holstein State Criminal Police Office on Tuesday before the Kiel Regional Court. At first it was a very small matter, the witness reported. But then be
"More and more evidence was secured in a very short time and more and more abnormalities were found"said the 47-year-old.
The LKA officer spoke of more than 2.5 terabytes of data that were secured during searches of the increasingly extensive investigations. This ultimately led to the fraud and breach of trust trial against a former employee of the Fielmann advertising department, an ex-handball player and four other co-defendants, which have been ongoing since the beginning of June. According to the prosecution, they are said to have damaged Fielmann by around 6.4 million euros, which the defense doubts. (dpa)