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Kempten (dpa / lby) - Because the operator of a crematorium has enriched himself by selling dental gold after the cremation of the dead, the city of Kempten prohibited him from operating the facility.

As a city spokeswoman confirmed on Thursday, the operator therefore sold the crematorium to another company at the end of the year.

First, the "Allgäuer Zeitung" reported.

The now former operator and the manager of the crematorium were sentenced to suspended sentences by the Augsburg district court in October 2019.

They had confessed to selling dental gold and other precious metals from the ashes of the dead and not properly taxing them.

According to the indictment, the tax authorities suffered damage of almost 340,000 euros.

Article of the "Allgäuer Zeitung" (fee required)