https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German police have set up a special team to fight a growing number of forged vaccine certificates being sold in the black market https://www.thelocal.de/20210605/germany-cracks-down-on-fake-covid-vaccine-documents Sat, 05 Jun 2021 14:58:14 +0200 germany-cracks-down-on-fake-covid-vaccine-documents Prosecutors in several German regions have launched probes of companies offering free Covid-19 tests after news reports said that some were padding their numbers to claim more money from the government. https://www.thelocal.de/20210529/germany-probes-covid-19-testing-centres-for-fraud Sat, 29 May 2021 20:54:40 +0200 germany-probes-covid-19-testing-centres-for-fraud The German government has been supporting businesses and freelancers with financial aid during the coronavirus pandemic. But now investigators are probing several thousand fraud cases. https://www.thelocal.de/20200706/coronavirus-aid-germany-investigating-thousands-of-suspected-fraud-cases Mon, 06 Jul 2020 12:02:36 +0200 coronavirus-aid-germany-investigating-thousands-of-suspected-fraud-cases The founder and chief executive of scandal-hit Wirecard resigned on Friday after the German payments provider was hit with fresh fraud allegations that have left it struggling for survival. https://www.thelocal.de/20200620/wirecard-founder-makes-bombshell-resignation-over-fraud-probe Sat, 20 Jun 2020 10:49:45 +0200 wirecard-founder-makes-bombshell-resignation-over-fraud-probe Since Tuesday, Europe's monetary authorities have been printing the two banknotes with new security features. https://www.thelocal.de/20190528/germany-issue-new-100-and-200-euro-notes Tue, 28 May 2019 12:49:47 +0200 germany-issue-new-100-and-200-euro-notes A regional train driver in North-Rhine Westphalia is suspected of faking an apparent attack using manhole covers near the town of Bad Berleburg. https://www.thelocal.de/20190426/german-train-driver-suspected-of-faking-attack-using-manhole-covers Fri, 26 Apr 2019 13:11:02 +0200 german-train-driver-suspected-of-faking-attack-using-manhole-covers A Russian-born German socialite who scammed her way to the top of New York High Society while accruing debts of a quarter of a million euros has been convicted of fraud. https://www.thelocal.de/20190426/fake-german-heiress-anna-sorokin-convicted-of-fraud Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:00:59 +0200 fake-german-heiress-anna-sorokin-convicted-of-fraud The German government’s child support benefit has hit record levels, with more than 15 million claimants in 2018. However, concerns surrounding the number of foreign recipients – as well as allegations of fraud – has resulted in the establishment of a federal task force. https://www.thelocal.de/20181227/task-force-established Thu, 27 Dec 2018 12:04:18 +0100 task-force-established After an elderly woman in a Saxony-Anhalt town received a phone call from a person claiming to be her grandchild at the weekend, she promptly withdrew €20,000 from her bank and handed it over to the criminals. Hundreds of pensioners across Germany fall for this crime each year. https://www.thelocal.de/20180626/what-to-know-about-the-enkeltrick-scam-in-germany Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:41:32 +0200 what-to-know-about-the-enkeltrick-scam-in-germany A criminal syndicate helped Nigerian immigrants get residency by providing Berlin authorities with fake papers. The immigration authority reportedly ignored internal warnings and kept approving the applications. https://www.thelocal.de/20180529/berlin-immigration-authorities-enabled-years-long-fraud-report Tue, 29 May 2018 15:38:15 +0200 berlin-immigration-authorities-enabled-years-long-fraud-report A German court has ordered French bank Societe Generale to pay lender Helaba millions in compensation, the first conviction in a massive tax fraud investigation, AFP learned on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180523/first-conviction-in-massive-german-tax-fraud-case Wed, 23 May 2018 16:46:38 +0200 first-conviction-in-massive-german-tax-fraud-case German police on Wednesday carried out raids on properties linked to two top Porsche executives and one ex-employee of the luxury carmaker as part of a fraud probe linked to the diesel emissions cheating scandal, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.de/20180418/porsche-executives-have-offices-raided-as-part-of-fraud-investigation Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:21:23 +0200 porsche-executives-have-offices-raided-as-part-of-fraud-investigation A 27-year-old man has been charged on two counts of fraud after making over a million euros by illegally manipulating a bottle deposit machine in his shop. https://www.thelocal.de/20180405/man-charged-with-fraud-after-making-millions-from-bottle-deposit-machine Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:06:04 +0200 man-charged-with-fraud-after-making-millions-from-bottle-deposit-machine A district court in Bonn has slapped a month-long suspended sentence on a 62-year-old woman for fraud and forgery of documents, local newspaper Express reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180309/court-gives-woman-one-month-suspended-sentence-for-manipulating-price-tag Fri, 09 Mar 2018 12:37:27 +0100 court-gives-woman-one-month-suspended-sentence-for-manipulating-price-tag Switzerland has charged a former employee of the country's largest bank UBS with allegedly selling German authorities the files of wealthy clients suspected of tax evasion, officials and media said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160907/swiss-charge-banker-who-helped-germany-catch-tax-cheats Wed, 07 Sep 2016 10:57:54 +0200 swiss-charge-banker-who-helped-germany-catch-tax-cheats German auto parts maker Leoni was punished on the stock market on Tuesday after admitting that fraudsters had walked away with €40 million. https://www.thelocal.de/20160817/fraudsters-steal-40-million-from-german-car-parts-maker Wed, 17 Aug 2016 10:59:27 +0200 fraudsters-steal-40-million-from-german-car-parts-maker The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has taken a teacher to court after accidentally paying her €237,000 in unearned salary. https://www.thelocal.de/20160628/teacher-paid-extra-237k-by-mistake-accident-nrw-fraud Tue, 28 Jun 2016 14:22:42 +0200 teacher-paid-extra-237k-by-mistake-accident-nrw-fraud Criminals are becoming ever more creative when preying on old people through fraudulent telephone scams. https://www.thelocal.de/20160623/phone-scams-elderly-fraud-old-people-robbery Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:59:24 +0200 phone-scams-elderly-fraud-old-people-robbery Germany's healthcare system is losing as much as €1 billion euros a year to scammers, some of whom are linked to the Russian mafia, according to a media report Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160417/german-healthcare-losing-billion-euros-a-year-to-fraud Sun, 17 Apr 2016 19:06:41 +0200 german-healthcare-losing-billion-euros-a-year-to-fraud Several large German banks have had to exchange thousands of customers’ credit cards after details were stolen in a hacker attack at the end of last year. https://www.thelocal.de/20160211/hackers-steal-details-from-thousands-of-german-bank-customers Thu, 11 Feb 2016 11:47:56 +0100 hackers-steal-details-from-thousands-of-german-bank-customers