Sat, Sep. 27, 2008

German American Community Service

CK - Washington.   Klaus Lederer, a German manager convicted in Germany resides in Florida. In a German court, he received a suspended jail sentence and an order for 1,000 hours of community service, the German law blog reports. The Florida community may be served, the court allowed.

A less curious and more serious aspect of the conviction is the crime: Lederer failed to file timely for bankruptcy. So serious, in fact, that the sentence is for the suspended 18 months imprisonment, the community service and a fine of 250,000 Euros.

Lederer admitted the crime, so, presumably, he knew about the effect of the conviction on his immigration status. A German web site notes that Lederer initiated the proceedings with a voluntary disclosure arising from tax issues under the German American tax treaty. The blog speculates that more German white collar criminals may want to move to sunny places before their sentencing hearing.


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