Clear legal situation for Fraud and Infidelity
The offenses of Fraud ( § 263 StGB) and Embezzlement (§ 266 StGB) are among the classic areas of Commercial Criminal Law. These offenses can cause considerable damage to both companies and individuals and often have far-reaching legal and economic consequences.
It is therefore crucial for companies, executives and managers to understand the legal risks in this area and to seek competent legal support in the event of suspicion or accusation.
In which cases do we speak of Fraud and Infidelity?
Fraudulent acts in an economic context include, for example, issuing false invoices and the associated assertion of a non-existent claim or misdirecting investors or business partners by deliberately providing incomplete or inaccurate information.
The Accusation of Breach of Trust concerns the misuse of a duty to look after assets. It regularly occurs when a person who has a fiduciary duty by virtue of their position in a company or other institution or by law or contract breaches this duty and thereby causes damage to the company or another party. This is the case, for example, if a managing director uses company funds for private purposes or withdraws funds without authorization, grants excessive or unlawful bonus payments to himself or third parties or through such conduct that causes financial loss to the company, for example by entering into risky or uneconomical transactions or creating so-called slush funds.