The state capital Wiesbaden seemed to have politically closed the inglorious chapter surrounding its former mayor Sven Gerich in 2019 with the election of his successor Gert-Uwe Mende (both SPD).
And legally everything was clarified with the conviction of the court in June 2020 for taking advantage in twelve cases.
He accepted the penalty order at the time and therefore has a criminal record.
However, the administration of the court in the Wiesbaden town hall at that time and possible other misconduct continue to concern the city councillors.
Oliver Bock
Correspondent for the Rhein-Main-Zeitung for the Rheingau-Taunus district and for Wiesbaden.
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The current occasion was research by the local newspaper "Wiesbadener Kurier", according to which between 2017 and 2022 Gerich made a condominium in Biebrich that belonged to him, Gerich, available to his mother, who had died in the meantime, as a domicile and collected the social rent from the office for basic security.
The court, which was still in office in 2017, is said to have informed the head of the social welfare office directly about the move in of his mother, who was entitled to receive social benefits, and about the desired payment modalities, using his official email address.