Overview

• The Amtsgericht Schweinfurt issued a penal order against a 1951-born suspect accused of laundering funds in 54 cases, with the option to file an objection.
• Prosecutors seek a one-year suspended sentence and the confiscation of €43,000 from the alleged helper.
• The principal offender, a 58-year-old former bank adviser, was finally convicted in August by the Landgericht Schweinfurt and sentenced to five years in prison.
• Investigators attribute 317 payments totaling more than €2.1 million to the scheme, found luxury goods and €290,000 in cash in Spanish apartments, and are pursuing asset seizures alongside related civil claims.
• Two other suspected helpers remain under money-laundering investigation, while a separate inquiry into a 1961-born man was discontinued due to unrelated, more serious allegations; separate reports from Mainz highlight continuing scams targeting seniors.