Overview
- The documentary is now in the ARD Mediathek and features Holt on camera in JVA Heidering and during day release from prison.
- Holt was convicted by the Landgericht Osnabrück and given a total sentence of nearly nine years for fraud, bribery, and forgery.
- Prosecutors detail how he pitched wind parks that did not exist to foreign energy companies using faked land-use contracts and a network of shell companies.
- Reporting attributes about €10 million in takings to Holt, an accomplice, and relatives, with his mother and siblings helping by forging signatures and official letters.
- The film shows a luxury persona that helped win trust, points to missed red flags in due diligence by auditors and buyers, and recounts personal fallout for staff such as a PR adviser who lost his home.