Previously employed church official in Berlin reserved funds for funeral expenses; receives non-custodial sentence.
In the court's ruling, it was found that he earned close to 170,000 euros by not forwarding payments to the cemetery association. This involves 234 instances that occurred between 2017 and 2021.
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The former church employee in Berlin was initially faced with the possibility of imprisonment for misappropriating funds. However, due to a suspended sentence, he will only serve a period of incarceration if he violates the terms of his sentence. Despite the non-custodial sentence, the local court ordered him to pay a down payment towards the embezzled funeral expenses. In the future, he will no longer be employed by church organizations, thereby missing out on potential earnings. The burial expenses that were reserved but not properly utilized by the former official will now be covered by the church.
