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Markus Anfang, former Werder Bremen coach, here on October 30, 2021 during the game against FC St. Pauli, is threatened with a manageable penalty.
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The Bremen public prosecutor’s office is investigating Markus Anfang for using a forged vaccination pass. The resigned Werder coach, who is at home in Cologne, is unlikely to be severely punished.
by Alexander Haubrichs (ach)
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It was the corona scandal last weekend: Markus Anfang (47) was reported to the public prosecutor by the Bremen health department because he is said to have forged his vaccination certificate. His assistant coach Florian Junge was also noticed with a forged document. The public prosecutor’s office in Bremen started investigations, the coach first protested his innocence, but then resigned from his post.
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Maik Herfet, lawyer from Mönchengladbach (undated photo), explains the legal situation in the beginning case.
The beginning has taken a lawyer and is now silent on the allegations, the lawyer will demand access to the files.
Markus Anfang is likely to face a manageable fine
But what is really threatening the native of Cologne? According to EXPRESS information, Markus Anfang could only face a manageable fine, if at all. “In his case, it is about Paragraph 275 and Paragraph 278 of the Criminal Code. The presentation of the false vaccination card is interpreted as the unauthorized issuing of health certificates or the preparation of the same, ”says Maik Herfet (33), lawyer at the Hamburg law firm Herfet & Özpolat.
Start: No penalty for the party at the Maritim
However, the false presentation must be made to an authority. He does not have to fear any punishment for showing the allegedly forged document, for example at the party in the Maritim on the Eleventh in the Eleventh. Herfet: “There was a comparable case before the Osnabrück Regional Court, it was about showing the document in a pharmacy, which ended in the accused’s acquittal.”
The new traffic light government has adapted the paragraphs in the new infection protection law specifically for vaccination records. But that comes too late in the beginning, because the law only came into force on November 24th. “You cannot be sued for a newly enacted law retrospectively,” says lawyer Herfet. In the meantime, creating and using a forged vaccination document can be fined or imprisoned for up to two years.
Markus beginning could be prosecuted for §279 StGB
The only punishment could be threatened because he presented a forged vaccination certificate to the health department in the course of tracking the contacts of the infected Werder professional Marco Friedl. “The beginning could have made itself punishable according to §279 StGB because of the use of incorrect health certificates. In this case, there could be a prison sentence of up to one year or a fine. “
