Man Sentenced for Elaborate Plagiarism Scheme Targeting Munich Forensic Expert

A 70-year-old man received a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for orchestrating a falsified plagiarism plot aimed at discrediting a prominent forensic scientist.

The defendant was found guilty of forgery, copyright infringement, defamation, and fraud in a Munich court and sentenced to two years and six months in prison.
The court determined the man created a fake book, with help from hired collaborators in Pakistan, to falsely accuse forensic scientist Matthias Graw of plagiarism in his 1987 dissertation.
The scheme was reportedly motivated by the defendant's dissatisfaction with the autopsy of his mother, which he claimed was unprofessional and mishandled.
The fabricated plagiarism allegations led to a temporary investigation into Graw's dissertation and cast doubt on his professional credibility, including his role in legal cases.
The defense argued the trial was biased due to Graw's connections with the Munich judiciary and announced plans to appeal the verdict, citing a lack of fairness in the proceedings.