Overview

• The trial, which began on May 9, 2025, marks the fourth attempt to prosecute the case after previous delays.
• The five defendants allegedly defrauded a 32-year-old father of three, terminally ill with bone cancer, of €95,000 through false promises of recovery.
• Prosecutors claim the accused administered unapproved immunocell and light therapies, despite lacking medical or Heilpraktiker licenses.
• The patient, considered exhaustively treated by conventional medicine, died three days after receiving the ineffective treatments.
• The main defendant, a 64-year-old from Essen, partially reimbursed €19,000 to the patient’s family later that year.