Dresden: With false medical bills – economist ripped off health insurance

Ironically, his many illnesses made him a cheat. In addition to real medical bills, Andreas E. (59) also submitted fake receipts to his cash register.

Dresden – Ironically, his many illnesses made him a cheat. In addition to numerous real medical bills, Andreas E. (59) also submitted fake receipts to his cash register.

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The economist from Dresden ripped off exactly 677,054.56 euros from his Württemberg insurer. Now the trial is taking place at the Dresden Regional Court.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the man from Dresden also ran a road construction company and had private health insurance as a self-employed person. Principle: He pays the medical bills first, but receives them from the health insurance company on presentation of the receipts.

Then he got seriously sick with his stomach.

Many operations followed, followed by numerous serious complications. “I was even in a coma,” said the defendant, who filed for bankruptcy and is now living on a disability pension.

“That’s 1100 euros a month. That was of course not enough,” said E., who from 2012 forged and submitted numerous medical bills and thus ripped them off.

It was not until 2020 that the faked invoices were noticed when the investigations began.

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In the meantime he moved several times, “resided” (original accusation) in the hotel “Landhaus Moritzburg”, vacationed with family on Gran Canaria or in the Caribbean, treated himself to an Audi.

It was not until November 2020 when handcuffs clicked that Andreas E. was taken into custody.

The frauds until 2015 are statute-barred. The “remaining” cases with a loss of EUR 677,054.56 are now being negotiated.

“I would not have thought that I would still sit here at that age,” said Andreas E., who was close to death several times because of his medical records.

The judge promptly asked whether he had lived according to the motto “After me the flood”. Answer: “Well, I wouldn’t put it that way …”

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