Overview
- The Hauptzollamt and Berlin prosecutors arrested the 40‑year‑old managing director and four alleged accomplices on Tuesday and the five are now held in pretrial detention.
- Authorities accuse the company of failing to register or correctly register employees and of withholding roughly €5.5 million in social‑security contributions.
- Investigators say the scheme was hidden through fake invoices issued by several purported service firms that the four co‑defendants allegedly supplied.
- Searches of homes, business premises and work sites in November 2025 produced evidence that prosecutors used to obtain arrest warrants from Amtsgericht Tiergarten.
- Prosecutors have frozen or seized four properties, cash and a vehicle worth about €5.5 million to preserve assets for possible restitution or fines as the legal inquiry continues.