Justice affair with explosive force: the Frankfurt chief Prosecutor of corruption

The arrest of a senior Executive brings to the Hessian Prosecutor General's office and the Ministry of justice increasingly have difficulty explaining. Even if the prosecutors do not want to continue to call to the possible corruption affair Details, in order not to jeopardize the investigations, is far from clear that in the center of the head of the Central office for the combating of crime in the public health.

Anna-Sophia Lang

editor in the Rhein-Main-Zeitung.

Helmut Swan

head of the Regional section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

As reported, had been taken to the chief public Prosecutor at the end of last week, detectives searched his office on the Zeil, his apartment, and a further eight objects. The Accused appears to have been taken completely by surprise, in the otherwise internally well-connected Frankfurter the justice was nothing of the last year recorded investigation leaked.

Self-capacity in the fight against corruption

The suspected of commercial bribery are particularly serious in view of the exposed position, the three had developed fifty years in the past few years as a professional in his field. He was considered by colleagues to be particularly accurate and industrious, he took part as a speaker in the case of health insurance funds and professional associations. Nationally, he was recognized as a capacity in the question of how the possibilities of fraud and corruption in the billion-dollar market of health care is reduced, and methods could be developed, such machinations to uncover.

The suspicions against him, to have self-criminally benefits, is urgent, such as a determination was judge. The Prosecutor alone is said to have, in the past five years, approximately 240,000 euros in kickbacks received. Warrant of arrest against him was issued because of the risk of collusion, he sits in custody.

as well as the 54-year-old managing Director of a company, whose purpose was mainly to Create a report for the judicial authorities. This company should preferably have orders of the chief Prosecutor receive. The home business relationship was in place since 2005, the public Prosecutor's office. The lawyer had taken the Initiative and the Mitbeschuldigten led to the founding of the society.

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test does not react To the type of expert activities of the public Prosecutor's office continue. According to information from the F. A. Z. from the Medical community it goes to the Review of settlements with the physicians ' Association. These are based on combinations of digits and Numbers for certain services. Per quarter of data, depending on the size of the practice or of the hospital in enormous volumes. The associations of sickness Fund doctors review these reports several times by the Software. The suspicion of fraud will be turned on in the state of Hesse, the Central unit in the Prosecutor General's office. If the signs of compaction, commissioned this external expert in order for, the records for possible manipulations to a crawl.