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MPU Counselling Centre Operator Confesses to Procuring Forged Driving‑Fitness Documents

Her court confession signals systemic abuse of Germany's driver‑fitness checks, potentially prompting broader prosecutions and tighter oversight.

Overview

  • The 43-year-old former operator told the Frankfurter Landgericht on Monday that she procured forged MPU expert reports, abstinence certificates and other documents for clients.
  • Prosecutors say the scheme covered about 100 cases from 2022 to 2025 and involved paying for altered reports and fake negative hair or urine tests to present at assessment centres.
  • Investigators allege clients paid roughly €3,000 to have decisive passages in MPU reports rewritten and about €2,500 for forged test results, with some reporting links to a former Begutachtungsstelle in Hanau.
  • An MPU is the formal medical‑psychological check used to clear doubts about driving fitness and is required to regain a licence, so falsified documents directly threatened the integrity of the licence‑reinstatement process.
  • The Große Wirtschaftsstrafkammer plans to deliver a verdict in mid‑October and authorities are continuing probes into alleged co‑conspirators and the wider network, which could trigger further prosecutions and inspections of counselling and assessment centres.