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Germany: Couple admits €1.9 million parking meter thefts
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- A German couple accused of siphoning large quantities of cash from parking meters has confessed in court.
- https://p.dw.com/p/5DIuu Prosecutors said the former city employee, with help from his wife, stole around €1.9 million Image: Stefan Puchner/dpa/picture alliance Advertisement.
- The pair, one of whom was employed to empty the machines, admitted to a decade-long scheme that allegedly netted nearly €1.9 million.
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A German couple accused of siphoning large quantities of cash from parking meters has confessed in court. Nearly two million euros disappeared from machines in a picturesque Bavarian town — but no one noticed for years.
https://p.dw.com/p/5DIuu Prosecutors said the former city employee, with help from his wife, stole around €1.9 million Image: Stefan Puchner/dpa/picture alliance Advertisement. A couple accused of stealing millions from parking meters in Bavaria fully confessed at the start of their trial on Tuesday.
The pair, one of whom was employed to empty the machines, admitted to a decade-long scheme that allegedly netted nearly €1.9 million.
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