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Paderborn (dpa / lnw) - With the reading out of the indictment, a trial of allegedly fraudulent trade in mobile homes began in the Paderborn Regional Court on Thursday.
The defendants from Essen and Gelsenkirchen are said to have repeatedly rented motorhomes from private individuals under false names via online platforms and sold them to bona fide third parties with forged papers.
To this end, they are said to have used blank vehicle documents that had disappeared from the registration authorities.
A fourth man is charged with aiding and abetting.
Six days of negotiations are scheduled until February.
On the first day of the trial, the defendants initially did not comment on the allegations.
Whether they will get involved is still open.
According to the indictment, a total of 118,000 euros in damage occurred in four sales.
The alleged fraud was exposed when a vehicle rental company in Gütersloh became suspicious. He had advertised a prepared mobile home and turned on the police. The attacked at the supposed handover. Another vehicle was discovered during a vehicle inspection in Passau. The new owners were clueless.