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Berlin Prosecutors Ask Court to Seize €55,000 Tied to 2017 'Big Maple Leaf' Heist

The request uses a conviction‑independent forfeiture tool that could transfer the money to the state budget.

Im Zusammenhang mit dem spektakulären Diebstahl einer hundert Kilogramm schweren Goldmünze aus dem Berliner Bode-Museum hat die Staatsanwaltschaft die Einziehung von rund 55.000 Euro beantragt. Das Geld sei bei einer Durchsuchung 2017 beschlagnahmt worden.
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Overview

  • Investigators found about €55,000 during a July 2017 search of a 48-year-old man's Spandau apartment and car.
  • Prosecutors say the cash appears to be criminal proceeds because he offered conflicting explanations and had no legal income.
  • The 2017 probe into the man for theft and money laundering was dropped in 2021 for lack of suspicion, and he has not been convicted.
  • The Landgericht Berlin will decide on the Paragraph 76a forfeiture application, which would send the money to the state if approved.
  • The 100‑kilogram Big Maple Leaf coin remains missing and is presumed melted, while three others were convicted in 2020 with €3.3 million ordered forfeited.