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Berlin Raids Target Alleged Jobcenter Coaching Fraud, 42-Year-Old Arrested

Prosecutors are examining a 15-person network accused of exploiting the coaching voucher system to bill roughly €891,000 for undelivered services.

Mehrere Personen sollen Jobcenter um fast 900.000 Euro betrogen haben.
Durch betrügerische Abrechnungen von Jobcoachings soll eine Bande in Berlin einen Schaden von fast 900.000 Euro verursacht haben. Den Mitgliedern wird vorgeworfen, Coachings abgerechnet zu haben, die gar nicht oder nur teilweise erbracht wurden.
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Overview

  • Police searched 25 addresses across Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt with about 200 officers, focusing on locations in the capital.
  • A 42-year-old suspected ringleader was detained on a warrant and is to be brought before an investigating judge today.
  • Investigators are probing eleven men and four women on suspicion of commercial, gang-based fraud in roughly 140 cases.
  • The allegations concern individual coaching measures billed between May 2021 and at least July 2023 that were not provided or only partially delivered under the voucher model.
  • Authorities seized business records, data carriers and five assets, and they put the alleged losses at about €891,000.