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29-Year-Old on Trial for €1.3 Million COVID-19 Test Fraud

Judges are reviewing how an automated oversight system blocked roughly €6.9 million in questionable COVID-19 test claims

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Overview

  • A 29-year-old defendant is accused of billing nearly €1.3 million for tests that were never conducted at a Mönchengladbach testing site.
  • Prosecutors say he continued using a deregistered partner’s testing credentials and registered additional nonexistent centers to submit fraudulent claims.
  • His unusually high billing of over 560,000 tests in a single month triggered the KVNO’s computerized alarm and halted further payments.
  • Automated thresholds prevented approximately €6.9 million in additional payouts pending a manual review by KVNO staff.
  • The Landgericht Mönchengladbach has scheduled three hearings through late July to examine evidence in the case.