Overview

• Police detained the suspect on Thursday when she tried to report a traffic accident and an outstanding arrest warrant surfaced.
• She is now in pretrial custody under a Heidelberg local court order issued in mid-September for risk of flight and repeat offending.
• Investigators say she taught at a private school in the Heidelberg region from 2021 to 2024 without required credentials, with salary and social contributions totaling about €143,000, and she is accused of forging sick notes and embezzling student money.
• After relocating to Saarland, she worked at another private school from January to April 2025 using forged certificates, was dismissed when the deception was uncovered, and allegedly obtained more than €7,000 in salary there.
• Records show suspended sentences in 2021 in Rhineland-Palatinate for using forged degrees to enter teacher training and in late 2023 in Heidelberg for document forgery.