Long prison sentences for fraud with fictitious corona test centers worth millions
In its verdict announced on Tuesday, the court considered it proven that the two main defendants had faked the operation of ten test stations in Cologne and Langenfeld in spring 2022 and had thus wrongly received more than 16 million euros from the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians. They were convicted of serious fraud in up to 25 cases.
The main defendants had succeeded in having large sums reimbursed for alleged corona tests. To do so, they used billing and test numbers of real test centers to deceive the billing office.
In fact, the centers allegedly operated by the defendants, nine of which were located in Cologne and one in Langenfeld, only existed on paper. The men were arrested in a major raid in December 2022 and have been in custody ever since.
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Because of their involvement in the million euro fraud, the two main defendants faced lengthy prison sentences. The amounted to fraud reached over 16 million euros, which they wrongfully received from the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians. Their fictitious corona test centers in Cologne and Langenfeld led to numerous fraudulent cases. With this scheme, they managed to deceive the billing office using real test center's billing and test numbers. In fact, these supposed corona test centers only existed on paper. In December 2022, they were arrested in a major raid and have been in custody ever since. Their convictions of serious fraud were handed down by the Cologne Regional Court in up to 25 cases during spring 2023, marking the end of the long field of investigations. Despite successful deception and large-scale uncanny practices, the main defendants faced imprisonment for their crimes against the healthcare system, leaving little room for such fraudulent corona test center operations in the future.
Source: www.stern.de
