Judgment against Middelhoff force: prosecutor is the train – Legal Tribune Online

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the Supreme Court has the revision of Thomas Middelhoff rejected as unfounded. Now the public prosecutor Bochum will have to decide on admission to prison on the charge.

             
         
         
             
                 
             
         
         
 
 
             
                     
                         
                             

Dr. Thomas Middelhoff is now convicted of embezzlement and tax evasion in 27 cases in three cases to a total prison sentence of three years. The first Criminal Division of the Bundesgerichtshof (BGH), the revision of the accused against the judgment of the Regional Court (LG) Dining rejected as unfounded (Accel. V. 02.17.2016, Az. 1 StR 209/15).

According to the findings of the now legally binding Essen judgment Middelhoff be borne by his employer in his capacity as CEO of KarstadtQuelle AG, which was renamed Arcandor AG 2007, privately led issues without official reference. For this purpose he had used between November 2005 and February 2009, his power granted to encourage the payment of invoices or the reimbursement of expenses to be no examination of third parties.

He had not, however, a right to assume these costs. This applied in 26 cases, travel expenses totaling 308,812.14 euros, including costs for charter flights, hotel accommodations and limousine service. These trips were the perception of external mandates or private purposes. In another case, it was a cost of 179,437.70 euros for its designee as a private citizen and published Festschrift in honor of his mentor. By prompting him log-this is not operation-related bills he caused the wrongful appointment of input VAT in the VAT returns for three months totaling 26,885.55 Euro.

Middelhoff was in April 2015 a new habeas corpus petition on bail of 895,000 euros and was released from custody the delivery of his passport. Since Middelhoff is on the loose. Responsible for the decision on the beginning of imprisonment 1 Criminal Procedure is now in accordance with § 451 para. The Bochum prosecutor as gravity prosecutor for economic criminal matters.

In early February had another indictment of the prosecutor Bochum not allowed against the Ex-Arcandor CEO’s alleged infidelity, the LG food. About his private assets of former top manager has since filed for bankruptcy at the district court Bielefeld.

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