German Customs arrested the 38-year-old director at his home in the Steinfurt district in the early hours of 14 October 2026, acting on an order from the Münster court. He has since been placed in court custody.
Investigators say the man ran several construction companies from 2020 to 2024, together with a business partner from 2023. They are suspected of failing to register employees for social insurance, or registering them inadequately, and of not paying required contributions to SOKA-Bau.
The suspicions followed an investigation by the Financial Control of Undeclared Work unit at Münster Main Customs Office and searches in 2023 and 2024. The preliminary estimate of the total loss resulting from these and other offences is 885,000 euros.
