Overview
- The Amtsgericht Nürnberg convicted the couple on 53 counts of withholding and misappropriating employee pay, and both verdicts are final.
- Investigators documented a nearly three‑year scheme in which staff were not properly registered for social insurance and portions of wages were paid in cash.
- Only 15 of 29 employees were officially registered during the period under review, according to customs authorities.
- The 53‑year‑old was fined 600 day‑fines at €165 each (€99,000) and the 57‑year‑old received 400 day‑fines at €25 each (€10,000).
- The couple admitted the allegations through their lawyers, and customs’ Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit highlighted the case as part of intensified enforcement against undeclared work.