A network of criminals is said to have captured several million euros with invented letters. The fraudsters apparently reckoned with Deutsche Post hundreds of millions of letters, which had never existed, as Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntag newspaper (FAS) reported. The damage is estimated to be 50 to 100 million euros in industry. Deutsche Post paid money to supplier companies for goods that did not exist.
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The Vertigo refore works like this: private postal Service providers receive a premium of up to 44 percent of postage from Deutsche Post for each letter delivered: The more letters are delivered, more premium re is. The number will be checked only in random samples. “The scam is very easy”, newspaper quoted an entrepreneur.
This apparently developed into a large-scale criminal system, presumably with accomplices in Deutsche Post, as FAS reports. An important crime scene is mail center in Frankfurt. Especially on Saturdays, when control was bad or not occupied at all, letters were registered that were never received. The “Saturday quantities are for most part non-existent consignment quantities,” newspaper quoted from investigators ‘ files.
The files mention mass “fake” and “non-existent letters”. The Public Prosecutor’s office in Koblenz. The state office is on, Federal Network agency as well. 14 suspects aged 39 to 58 years of age would be led as accused, Koblenz chief prosecutor Rolf knew newspaper. Three accused, refore, sit in custody.
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The vertigo was blown up in spring by chance in course of investigations in a tax case. Since n, report has had several raids, temporarily correspondence was lame, because Deutsche Post wanted to count at least once exactly in mail centres, how many letters actually entered and went out.
Deutsche Post confirmed newspaper’s large-scale fraud, but did not want to comment on details because of current procedure. From 1 January 2018, re will be clearly stricter rules in mail centres.
