Overview

• The CDU Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis board has asked Bosbach to submit written explanations by August 8 over claims she enriched herself with €2,500 via fictitious invoices and offered payments in a 2023 MIT leadership vote.
• Bosbach rejects all allegations as fabricated, attributes them to manipulated chat logs and false testimony from a former trainee, and says she is considering legal steps.
• She halted all public events in her constituency to prevent reputational harm as the region campaigns in the NRW municipal elections.
• In late July the local CDU handed bank statements, affidavits and chat transcripts to the Staatsanwaltschaft Köln, triggering a formal review of the accusations without lodging charges.
• Cologne prosecutor Ulrich Bremer confirmed that the office is evaluating the materials but has not yet decided on pursuing a criminal investigation.