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Frankfurt Prosecutors File New AWO Indictment Over 262 Alleged Offenses

The regional court in Frankfurt now reviews whether to open a main criminal trial.

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Fast sechs Jahre nach dem Bekanntwerden von Betrugsvorwürfen und überhöhten Gehältern bei der Arbeiterwohlfahrt (Awo) Hessen hat die Staatsanwaltschaft Frankfurt am Main eine weitere Anklage in dem Komplex erhoben.

Overview

  • Prosecutors charged three alleged main perpetrators, including former AWO Frankfurt chief Jürgen Richter, his wife who led AWO Wiesbaden until 2020, and the former deputy director in Wiesbaden.
  • The indictment cites self- or third-party breach of trust via sham contracts, unjustified cash and credit card payments, and other unlawful payouts, along with fraud, bribery and favoring offenders.
  • The filing seeks confiscation of criminal proceeds totaling more than €2.5 million.
  • The Landgericht Frankfurt must decide on opening this case while a separate Frankfurt matter on suspected fraud involving two refugee shelters also awaits a trial decision.
  • Parallel proceedings continue, including an October trial in Wiesbaden for ex-social affairs official Christoph Manjura and civil and AWO Protect cases scheduled into late September and through 2026, after the scandal’s 2019 exposure and the 2022 corruption conviction of former mayor Peter Feldmann.