Overview
- Investigators, executing a court order Tuesday, March 24, searched the teacher’s Duisburg home and seized documents and digital devices.
- Prosecutors are probing suspected commercial fraud limited to 2021–2025, with media reporting roughly €240,000 in pay could be at stake.
- The formal case began in February 2026 after files from the Düsseldorf school authority arrived, including a state doctor’s report dated November 25, 2025.
- Investigators say she claimed long-term incapacity while working as a non-medical practitioner and entering start-up contests, and records show she has not taught since 2009.
- Disciplinary cases are underway for the teacher and a regional caseworker, and NRW officials say they plan tighter checks on long or repeat sick leave for civil servants.