Overview

• The judge found that the 53-year-old served as de facto managing director and caused nearly €15 million in losses through undeclared cash wage payments.
• He channelled funds through false subcontractor invoices to conceal €14 million in company revenue and personally hid about €7 million.
• An office employee received an eleven-month suspended sentence for forging documents and the contractor’s son was issued a formal warning.
• The court found that Hauptzollamt investigators had improperly reviewed the defendant’s communications with his lawyer and exhibited significant record-keeping failures.
• This verdict comes as part of an intensified government crackdown on black labor and tax fraud in Germany’s construction industry.