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Economic Crime Losses in Germany Climb to €2.76 Billion as Healthcare Billing Fraud Soars

Authorities achieved an 89% clearance rate as they warn that ageing demographics fuel organised billing scams

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Ein Mann mit vor sich gestapelten Euroscheinen.
Der in Deutschland durch Wirtschaftskriminalität entstandene finanzielle Schaden ist im vergangenen Jahr auf 2,76 Milliarden Euro gestiegen. Damit lag er 2,9 Prozent über dem Vorjahreswert, wie das Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) in Wiesbaden mitteilte.
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Overview

  • Economic offences caused €2.76 billion in damage in 2024, a 2.9 percent increase from the previous year.
  • Economic crime cases jumped 57.6 percent to over 61,000 incidents last year.
  • Healthcare billing fraud cases surged 847.6 percent to 20,553 after a major Schleswig-Holstein probe uncovered unperformed blood-test billing schemes.
  • The Bundeskriminalamt highlighted that organised networks used money laundering and tax offences to conceal illicit gains.
  • Investigators closed 88.9 percent of economic crime cases, well above the 58 percent clearance rate for all recorded crimes.