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The lawyer did not pass the money on to clients

A transfer for a couple ended up in the business account and stayed there. It was only released after a civil trial. Now the accused was on trial.

The district court in Gemünden. Photo: Michael Mahr

An unusual picture emerged on Monday in a hearing at the Gemünden district court. Without his usual black robe, a lawyer from Main-Spessart had to sit on the bench. As a defendant, whom the Würzburg public prosecutor’s office accused of infidelity. He has kept client funds for himself for over three years. Now he was fined and, at the end of 2014, the lawyer successfully represented a couple in a civil lawsuit before a court in Mönchengladbach. In the judgment against a bank, the couple was awarded an amount of almost 2500 euros plus procedural costs.

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