Fleeting success with fraudA German teenager has recently been found guilty of creating a fake Covid screening centre and illegally pocketing millions in state payouts for tests that were never performed. At the height of the Coronavirus pandemic in Germany, the demand for tests was so great that the state reimbursed centers for conducting Covid tests based solely on an invoice. Most private healthcare providers benefited greatly, but some managed to rake in small fortunes without actually providing any kind of service. Such was the case of a young German student who figured out that all he had to do was create a Covid test centre on paper, and then invoice thousands of tests every day to collect sizeable payouts from the Government. A bank employee noticed that the account of a simple student had ballooned to over $6 million and suspected some form of money laundering, and called police.

Source: Stuff June 07, 2022 18:30 UTC