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It is a case of fraud that leaves you lost. In Winterthur, a couple with five children received social assistance for years, up to 5,000 francs a month, despite the fact that the family man had a well-functioning garage and did not even hide it.
He was driving a car worth 63,000 francs. Obviously, he drove to work every day. According to the witnesses of “Tages-Anzeiger”, the case ended in court. Social fraud has been exposed. Now the man who ran the garage and his wife face four years in prison each.
Cars sold secretly for profit
The parents of five children, who emigrated from North Macedonia more than two decades ago, have received state support since 1997. But for at least nine years, from 2006 to 2015, they should not have received this welfare. During that time, the father of the family is said to have owned a garage in a community in the wine region of Zurich.
The garage was not bad. According to the “Tages-Anzeiger”, he also secretly repaired and sold old cars. Cost effective, 492 pieces. And that’s despite the fact that he was declared unable to work in 2009 after a car accident.
“I was just limping at the welfare office.”
Furthermore, there was a fierce accusation in court that witnesses had never seen a health problem. He even said to himself, “He only limped when he had to report to the welfare office.”
It was not revealed for years. Not even when Winterthur Social Services employees approached him to discuss his blackened and damaged hands. Hands like those many mechanics have.
Until 2014 a suspicion was investigated. The prosecutor says: “You cannot blame the authorities.” It is impossible to verify the veracity of the information provided by each recipient.
Admitted business fraud
The defendant admitted the commercial fraud charge in court. However, he denied the amount of the crime. The prosecutor spoke in accordance with the profit of half a million francs “Tages-Anzeiger”, which he is said to have made from the garage. He talks about 130,000 francs.
The woman was also charged. However, he says he did not know that they were not eligible for welfare. She said, “I thought you could easily get this money in Switzerland.” With this justification, the woman did not convince the Winterthur judges: on Thursday she was sentenced to a 24-month suspended prison term. Her husband receives a partial prison term of 33 months. You have to meet 12 months of that. (euc)
