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Thomas Middelhoff: the archive picture shows him during the process before the Landgericht Essen in 2014

the Federal Court confirmed the conviction of former top manager Thomas Middelhoff for embezzlement and tax evasion , The judges in Karlsruhe rejected the revision Middelhoff as unfounded, as has been reported on Monday.

The former head of the now bankrupt previous Karstadt parent company Arcandor was sentenced to three years in prison in November 2014 by the Essen District Court because he private flights and a commemorative wrongly allowed to pay from his former employer. Middelhoff was arrested in the courtroom due to risk of flight, but was more than five months later, against a deposit of of 895,000 euros by April 2015 free again

About the way forward, the public prosecutor’s office must now decide:. “We now waiting for the files of the Supreme Court, “said a spokeswoman. When these had arrived, the case Middelhoff go to the judicial officer, who decides about the incarcerated. “That’s his normal legal course – as with any other well”, underlined the spokesperson

Middelhoff himself had the accusations always denied.. His lawyers had sought habeas corpus because her client suffered by its presentation of an autoimmune disease. In prison, he was prevented from sleeping for weeks, which have weakened the immune system. The Essenes prison wanted to prevent by regular visual inspections suicide by its own account.

The district court had considered it proven that Middelhoff in 26 cases purely private trips over his group settled accounts between 2005 and 2009. Overall, he had so spent nearly 310,000 euros for charter flights, hotels and business services. More 180,000 euros to have cost the Festschrift. The charges of tax is related to these issues.

Middelhoff has historically been one of the most powerful managers in Germany, among others, he was at the head of media giant Bertelsmann. He later served as Arcandor CEO. The Karstadt’s parent company skidded in 2009 into bankruptcy, a series of processes and legal battles ensued. The former top managers had been unable to make even his deposit, the formerly many million-euro former Arcandor boss with motor yacht and residence on the Cote d’Azur had to file personal bankruptcy.

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