Process against post-fraudsters: Millions of damage due to bogus letters!

Process against post-fraudsters: Millions of damage due to bogus letters!

On March 18, 2025, a spectacular trial against a 49-year-old man began to have been charged to have cheated the German Post by over 10 million euros. The accused, the companies in Mainz, Wiesbaden and Frankfurt, is said to have established a system of "bogus postages" together with accomplices. This fraudulent system was based on the fact that he claimed to have delivered millions of letter disposal that in reality did not exist. For these fictional programs, he and his accomplices received discounts for major customers from Deutsche Post, which led to far -reaching financial damage, which amounted to more than 10 million euros.

The process will deal intensively with the methods of fraud, which led to the main accused and his accomplices illegally received money from Deutsche Post for years. Initially, four men were charged with post-fraud. But the procedure became complicated because one of the accomplices died and someone else sits in custody because of another matter. The third accomplice has to answer in a separate procedure. The accused are between 43 and 53 years old and come from Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate. The period of fraud extends from January 2013 to March 2017.

Details on the fraud methods

According to a comprehensive examination, the accused have established a system that aimed to collect discounts for major customers. They were aware that Deutsche Post cannot check every delivery due to the high number of programs. The defendants who did not have the necessary staff or the capacities are said to have billed sham letters that have never been sent. Chief Prosecutor Sven Regner emphasized that the dimension of fraud was considerable and that the investigation raised difficult questions.

Deutsche Post had made it possible for the service providers who collected programs of large companies to settle them at sorting centers. This resulted in a incomplete control that the fraudsters took advantage of. Two of the accused is also accused of tax evasion to a considerable extent, and another is suspected of having organized in black -and -speak, which is also said to have caused six -digit damage.

process course and relevance for the economy

The process that started on Thursday could drag on to 2019 and not only represents a isolated case, but also raises a light on far -reaching questions of economic crime and compliance in Germany. In the past 24 months, 34 % of companies have reported incidents with bribery and corruption, which underlines the need for effective compliance programs. Companies have to implement robust strategies to ensure the trust of stakeholders and to meet legal requirements, as an analysis of PWC illustrates. Modern technologies play a key role in recognizing potential risks at an early stage and taking adequate countermeasures.

The outcome of this process could also have a signaling effect for other companies that face similar challenges. The reports of this type of fraud draw attention to the importance of the implementation of transparent and effective processes in dealing with possible risks within the economy.