Pharmacists from Northeim suspected: Doctors bribed for millions!

Pharmacists from Northeim suspected: Doctors bribed for millions!

Northeim, Deutschland - scandal in Germany's healthcare! A pharmacist from Northeim is suspected of having made criminal agreements with friends of friends to sell expensive eye medication. The public prosecutor has made serious allegations: a doctor from Wolfsburg is said to have smided a million euros through these machinations! Is that the end of moral integrity in the medical sector?

But that's not all! The doctor, who is supposedly involved in the fraud, was already in custody because he tried to destroy evidence. According to the Göttingen chief Prosecutor Christian Wolters, enormous sums flowed because the pharmacist paid a share in the profit from the sales to the doctors. It remains interesting how exactly the doctors moved their patients to obtain the expensive eye medication from this pharmacist. The public prosecutor's office has so far retained details.

extensive investigations and searches

A total of eight people are in the focus of the investigation! Five men and three women, all between the ages of 46 and 65! In addition to the doctors, the wife of a doctor and employee are also affected. Most of the accused come from the districts of Göttingen and Schaumburg. In 2023, the stitch already led to a damage of 3.5 million euros for the health insurance companies!

Last Tuesday, more than 100 investigators in five federal states searched numerous companies and private households. They came across astonishing two million euros in an account of a medical care center! The investigation has been running since October 2023 and were initiated by an anonymous advertisement. The head of the central crime inspection in Göttingen, Thomas Breyer, speaks of considerable damage through such criminal acts. Will the healthcare system be completely ruined in Germany?