Karlsruhe/Rostock (dpa/mv) - The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in Karlsruhe will announce its verdict today (10.40 a.m.) in the process of possible subsidy fraud amounting to millions in the construction of the Rostock marina residence "Hohe Düne". The Rostock public prosecutor accuses entrepreneur Per Harald Lökkevik of illegally dividing the hotel complex into two companies in the early 2000s.
Smaller projects did not require the EU Commission's subsidy approval, and he could hope for more grants for two small projects than for one large one. According to earlier information, the total costs were estimated at almost 100 million euros, with subsidies of around 47.5 million euros. According to the public prosecutor's office, this was around 13 million euros too much.
In 2015, the Rostock District Court acquitted Lökkevik of allegations of subsidy fraud. The Federal Court of Justice called by the public prosecutor overturned the verdict in 2017 and ordered a new trial. But the district court in Schwerin also acquitted Lökkevik at the end of 2020, whereupon the public prosecutor once again lodged an objection. (Az 1 StR 439/21).
