Karim Remmo (38) on Monday before the district court. He is charged with commercial fraud Photo: Olaf Wagner
By Alina-Doreen Gröning
Karim Remmo (38) apparently had enough money to be able to buy two properties in Neukölln in 2013 and 2014. At the same time, he is said to have collected social benefits from the Schöneberg job center. Therefore, the member of the notorious Remmo clan has to answer to the district court.
The accusation: Karim Remmo is said to have received around 12,500 euros in Hartz IV from April to September 2014. According to the public prosecutor, he is said to have concealed from the office considerable assets in a Lebanese account.
Karim Remmo was not the owner of this account, but was authorized to sign. According to the indictment, he also acquired the properties on Rudower Strasse and Goldhähnchenweg through a straw man in Lebanon.
Investigators are confident that they can prove that he is the true owner. The charge is therefore: particularly serious fraud.
Policewoman Regina S. (54) was heard as a witness in court on Monday. She was the lead investigator after the attack on the Sparkasse am Mariendorfer Damm in 2014 with a loot of around nine million euros. At that time, several members of the Remmo clan were suspected.
The official: “In this context, we have carried out a financial investigation. We came across him through an incorrect entry at the land registry, where Karim Remmo appeared with a power of attorney.” In addition, the accused is said to have exchanged 400,000 euros in cash in bank checks in Lebanon.
Because no German assets can be clearly assigned to the accused, further investigations are now necessary, according to the judge, before the trial can be continued.