Man Sentenced to 2.5 Years for Elaborate Plagiarism Scheme Targeting Forensic Scientist

A Munich court found the 70-year-old guilty of falsifying a book to discredit a medical examiner in a revenge plot tied to his mother's autopsy.

The Munich court sentenced the defendant to two and a half years in prison for forgery, defamation, and fraud in connection with a fabricated plagiarism claim.
The man hired collaborators in Pakistan to create a fake book, designed to appear as if it predated the forensic scientist's 1987 dissertation.
Passages and images from the scientist's dissertation were inserted into the fake book to falsely suggest plagiarism by the medical examiner.
The motive for the elaborate scheme was reportedly revenge over the autopsy of the defendant's mother, which he opposed.
The court's sentence is four months shorter than the prosecution's demand, but it exceeds two years, making probation inapplicable.