CSU: Justice investigates members of the state parliament – suspected tax evasion and fraud

• The Munich public prosecutor’s office is investigating the CSU member of the state parliament Karl Straub.
• Straub is suspected of having committed a criminal offense in the context of an insolvency over a longer period of time.
• That the investigation into the CSU Politician with the Mask affair have nothing to do stressed Straub emphatically.

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Munich – The Munich public prosecutor’s office is investigating the CSU member of the state parliament Karl Straub. The authorities have been watching the case for more than two years in the context of suspicion of tax evasion, fraud and bankruptcy, as the research platform “Correctiv” had first reported. Straub rejects the allegations against himself.

According to the platform, the prosecutor is checking whether Straub has made a criminal offense in tax returns since 2012. Until the end of 2018 he was the managing director of three car dealerships in the Ingolstadt area, when they went bankrupt. According to “Correctiv”, he is suspected of evading taxes since 2012, with a slightly different report from “Bayrische Rundfunk” (BR) that investigators have been focusing on tax returns since 2013. In July 2018, business premises from should already be in this context Straub have been searched.

Investigations against CSU member of the state parliament Karl Straub – not because of mask business

Left in a statement Straub recently know that he rejects the allegations made against him, “because the criteria are not met.” He is facing the procedure and cooperating with the judiciary. He expressly emphasizes that the “allegations against me in no way have anything to do with business related to the procurement of face masks as part of the pandemic fight”. There is no accusation of personal enrichment.

In the Bavarian state parliament is Karl Straub represented since 2013. As a member of the constitutional and legal committee of the state parliament and according to the BR is also responsible for the parliamentary control of the Bavarian Ministry of Justice and the associated judicial authorities. That this could lead to a conflict of interest shows Straub back. He is said to have said to “Correctiv” that he “has no right to give instructions”.

Unrest in the CSU: Not only is Straub being investigated, Alfred Sauter is also under pressure

Opposite the BR shared the CSU General Secretary Markus Blume with that the facts have been “known for years”. The fact that “Correctiv” has again given the topic a media presence comes from them CSU nevertheless at the wrong time. After the so-called mask affair of the Union, which began with allegations against the CSU member of the Bundestag Georg Nüßlein, the party are now investigating the Bavarian state parliament member Alfred Jump around. He too could have obtained a financial advantage by purchasing corona protective masks.

Next Thursday the parliamentary group wants an exclusion Jumpers vote. Jump, former Bavarian Minister of Justice, is not aware of any wrongdoing, he negotiated contracts for protective equipment in his role as a lawyer. On Friday (March 19th, 2021) the CSU Politician Tobias Zech known to want to let his parliamentary mandate and his party offices rest. Although there is no investigation against him, he is said to have been involved in an election campaign in Macedonia (now North Macedonia) during an election campaign phase in Germany. According to his own statement, he decided to protect his family and the CSU for the withdrawal from his offices and his mandate. (Matthis Pechtold)

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