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Schubeck is threatened with imprisonment – and is faced with the ruins of his life's work

Created: 10/27/2022 7:56 am

Star chef Alfons Schuhbeck is said to have evaded 2.3 million euros. According to the BGH ruling of 2012, there is already imprisonment without parole for one million.

Munich – Things get serious for Alfons Schuhbeck before the Munich I district court on Thursday (October 27). Because then it should be decided whether the star chef has to go to prison for tax evasion in the millions. “I did a few things wrong,” the 73-year-old said, beginning his confession. “I fooled myself, my friends and acquaintances and also my defense lawyers until the very end because I didn’t want to admit that I had failed entrepreneurially.” For example, his kitchen staff went on strike because of non-payment.

The public prosecutor accuses Schuhbeck of using a computer program to smuggle revenue past the tax office. In total, there are more than 2.3 million euros in taxes that Schuhbeck is said to have evaded between 2009 and 2016 in the “Orlando” and the “Südtiroler Stuben”.

Schuhbeck faces imprisonment without parole

After Schuhbeck’s two-part confession, the question is no longer whether he will be convicted of tax evasion, but how high his sentence will be. Because according to a judgment of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) from 2012, a prison sentence without probation threatens from a sum of one million euros in tax evasion.

“However, I would also like to ask the court to believe me that the amount of the canceled bills in the South Tyrolean parlors was not as high as I have been accused of so far,” said Schuhbeck in his confession. The authorities assume that more than 1,000 invoice numbers have disappeared. However, Schuhbeck had also reported technical difficulties in entering the invoices.

Alfons SCHUHBECK bei seinem Prozess vor Gericht in München.
TV chef Alfons Schuhbeck is currently facing investigations against him in court. © IMAGO/Frank Hoermann / SVEN SIMON

Schuhbeck asks the court to review

He asks the court “urgently to critically review the amount of the canceled invoices again,” said Schuhbeck. But: “Unfortunately, it is no longer possible for me to submit further documents for this.” Regardless of a verdict, the process has already had professional consequences for the TV chef, who had already filed for bankruptcy for his company last year.

Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) has temporarily removed Schuhbeck’s cooking programs from the TV program because of the course of the negotiations, as the broadcaster announced the day after Schuhbeck’s first confession. No further productions are currently planned. On the second day of the trial, Schuhbeck had said: “If I could undo it, I would do it immediately”. He added: “I’m standing in front of the ruins of my life’s work.” (mse / dpa)

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