After several years fleeing through Asia, a former Brunswick lawyer has been arrested in Thailand. The 46-year-old is accused, according to prosecutors Braunschweig infidelity and bankruptcy.
The accused is said to have used 686,000 euros of clients for their own companies and private purposes. In April 2015, charges were brought against the man who was living in Peine. Right after that, he fled to India, according to the prosecutor. Before settling on a request for extradition, the Indian authorities relocated to Thailand in May 2017.
Even there, the investigators had with their desire to deliver unsuccessful, because the man in September 2018 once again traveled over to Sri Lanka to India. In October, he returned to Thailand, where he was arrested shortly before Christmas and deported. On 17 January he was transferred to Germany. The proceedings against the man will be continued promptly, it was said by the prosecutor.
As the managing director of a company, the lawyer should have embezzled at least 13 cases a total of 286,000 euros to entertain other companies. In at least one hundred cases, he is said to have used nearly 400,000 euros for private purposes as the owner of a law firm. In addition, he should not have filed for bankruptcy, although his company was clearly over-indebted and could no longer meet payment obligations.