The district court of Warendorf has ruled in the case of fraud against former Warendorf state stud director Susanne Rimkus, head stable manager Peter Borggreve and deputy director Bernhard Gerdemann.
An anonymous tip led to a raid of the offices at the Warendorf state stud on 10 February 2016 and an investigation against the three suspects followed.
They had received gifts in the form of several trips to Qatar with their spouses in 2013 and 2014 as well as signed a co-operation to sell horses and accept commission fees up to 86,000 euro. The trio had set up a separate company to handle these transactions.
Rimkus also accepted 18,000 euro into her private account for a deal with an American horse buyer. Of this amount, a Westfalian stallion owner paid 10,000 euro if his stallion would be licensed and sold to the American, while Borggreve would get 8000 euro commission fee. The stallion was subsequently leased and stood at stud in Warendorf. However, when the colt failed the performance test he was shipped to the U.S.A.
The Warendorf court has now ruled that Rimkus has to pay 6,400 euro, Gerdemann 6,400 euro and Borggreve 3,300 euro.
The lawyers of the trio have announced that they will appeal the court decision.
Full story at Zuchterforum.com
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