Overview
- The Landgericht Kempten, which sentenced the pair Thursday, gave each defendant five and a half years in prison.
- The court ordered full restitution of more than €1.9 million to the city, with the judge warning of wage and asset seizures for up to about 30 years.
- Judges convicted the couple of 317 thefts from 2020 to 2025 worth about €1.34 million, while more than 500 earlier acts from 2015 to 2020 are criminally time‑barred but still count toward repayment of roughly €584,000.
- The husband, a municipal depot worker who emptied the meters, took coins and threw away machine receipts as his wife handled pick‑ups and deposits, including at supermarket coin machines.
- Repeated coin deposits flagged by a regional bank triggered the investigation, and the city has since tightened meter‑collection security by improving receipt checks and key custody under a new review commission.