Zug
“Covid fraud on a large scale” – when he wanted to leave Switzerland, the police at the airport struck
The Zug law enforcement authorities have arrested a man who wrongly obtained a Covid loan for 300,000 francs.
At the end of February, a suspected Covid credit scammer was arrested at Zurich airport just as he was about to leave Switzerland.
A 31-year-old man is accused of having applied for and withdrawn a corona loan of CHF 287,520 in the summer of 2020, citing false sales revenue. He did this as a member of the board of directors of a company registered in Zug. However, he did not use the loan exclusively to secure liquidity needs, as provided for in the Covid loan agreement, according to a statement on Monday.
Because: The man had only taken over the company, which was inactive at the time, a few days before applying for the loan. With the Corona money he received, he then made transactions in the five-digit range, and within four days all the money was gone. According to the police, the almost 300,000 francs were either withdrawn in large tranches in cash or transferred to other companies or people.
When the man wanted to leave Switzerland, the police struck: The 31-year-old was arrested at Zurich Kloten Airport at the end of February 2023 when he tried to leave the country. He is in custody. The public prosecutor’s office of the canton of Zug is conducting a criminal investigation against the Swiss for violating the Covid 19 Solidarity Guarantee Ordinance, fraud, money laundering and forgery. It is the presumption of innocence. (mme)
