Millions from fraud with Corona tests in Berlin transferred to Türkiye - where did the money have been?

Millions from fraud with Corona tests in Berlin transferred to Türkiye - where did the money have been?

Transfers to Turkey-the fraud with corona tests in Berlin and the question of the whereabouts of the millions

In a sensational case of fraud with corona tests in Berlin, the Turkish businessman Kemal C. is said to have stole around ten million euros. He was convicted and is expected to sit in prison for many years. Nevertheless, the majority of the prey remains disappeared. The investigators follow a hot trace that leads to Turkey.

Kemal C. is expected to sit behind bars for a long time in Berlin. The Berlin district court sentenced him to millions of fraud at the end of March. The Turkish businessman is said to have fiddled almost ten million euros via invented test center and fictional corona tests. However, the judgment against Kemal C. and his co -accused sister is not yet final. But the question remains: where are the millions from the Berlin Corona test fraud? Because the majority of the money can be found.

A trace leads the investigators to Central Anatolia to Turkey. There the family of Kemal C. is at home, including his father. On its Turkish account, the funds of taxpayers are said to have been forwarded to the invented corona tests. Bank documents that Report Munich and RBB24 were able to view research show these money transfers. For the investigators, this is a prime example of "family -based crime" with connections to Turkey.

It was extremely easy to get the money. Even before the first of the approximately 2,500 tests in Berlin were opened during the pandemic, the Berlin State Criminal Police Office (LKA) had already warned of possible fraud. Among other things, Commissioner Jörg Engelhard, who is responsible for billing fraud in the healthcare system, had warned of a "printer press". In the first test regulation there was no review of the test points.

KEMAL C. according to the investigation used the opportunity of the Coronavirus test regulation. A short time later he started fraud. He registered several test centers through the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KV) in Berlin. A total of 18 test centers were registered for his Spätis - from Turmstraße via Schönhauser Allee to Badstrasse. Some late sales outlets were already led by two Bulgarian citizens before the pandemic, who were finally exposed as straw men. Kemal C. himself was neither the official owner of the "Späti empire", of which the investigators speak, nor did he appear in the documents.

Kemal C. is said to have billed tens of thousands of fictional tests on the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians. His sister made her account available for the implementation of the fraud. The millions were regularly transferred to Turkey through the accounts of straw men Ali A. and Krasimir O.. The amounts usually amounted to six -digit sums, as can be seen from the bank transfers. The Turkish account probably belonged to Kemal C.'s father, Mehmet C .. The intended use was mostly "antigen quick test kit", which indicates that the money was used for the purchase of quick tests in Turkey. The central office for financial transaction investigations finally reported suspicion of money laundering to Jörg Engelhard's LKA commissioner. There the test capacities in the 18 test points of the Spätis were counted and counted.

The investigation by Susann Langner, a mathematician and money laundering expert at the LKA, led to the exposure of the millions of millions within a few months. Kemal C.'s phone was also listened to at times, which provided investigators with references to real estate purchases in Berlin and commercial space that were assigned to the late.

According to the investigators, fraudsters in Berlin have captured at least 30 million euros by false billing for corona tests. Apparently they were able to transfer the money to Turkey without any problems. Kemal C. also bought real estate on behalf of his father, Mehmet C. Report Munich and RBB24 research is available. It becomes clear how narrow Kemal C. and a real estate agent were connected.

The Turkish family of Kemal C. plays an important role in the purchase of real estate. Kemal C. is a Turkish citizen and obviously also has relatives in Turkey. He transfers the money to a person with the same family name, most likely his father Mehmet C., who lives in the small village of Cayinli in the high mountains of Central Anatolia, Tomarza district. Mehmet C. is well known in Cayinli. He knows that his son is in prison in Berlin, but denies any participation in the fraud. When he is confronted with the bank statements of the transfers, he states not to know anything. Mehmet C. officially has several properties in Berlin, and in Turkey he recently built a new house.

The investigation in the case of millions of fraud in the Corona test ends with the conviction of Kemal C. However, a large part of the money remains-around 6.5 million euros. It all indicates that the millions flowed into Turkey in Cayinli.