Göttingen: Querdenker lawyer Fuellmich sentenced to almost four years in prison!

The district court of Göttingen, Reiner Fuellmich, a former lawyer and prominent representative of the "lateral thinker" movement, sentenced to a prison sentence of three years and nine months. Fuellmich was guilty of infidelity in two cases because he had redirected 700,000 euros in donations from the "Corona Committee" to private accounts.

The transfers were carried out without the consent of the other shareholders and served his private purposes, which is a violation of his asset care. Before he was arrested, Fuellmich was in Mexico, where he beyond criminal proceedings. In October 2023, it was deported to Germany by Mexican authorities and arrested at Frankfurt Airport. He had already spent one and a half years in custody.

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The public prosecutor had requested that Fuellmich to be condemned while his defense pleaded for acquittal. The presiding judge accused him and his lawyers to deliberately carry the trial and abuse it for extra -procedural purposes. At the pronouncement of the judgment on April 24, 2025, Fuellmich announced that he wanted to apply for revision. The judgment is not yet final.

During Coronapandemic,

Fuellmich was a central figure in the “lateral thinker” movement that critically questioned state corona measures. He collected funds for a committee-critical committee and planned a "trillion lawsuit" against the responsible for pandemic. The allegation of embezzlement was raised by former companions who presented detailed information about the incidents in September 2022. Since May 2023, the Göttingen public prosecutor's office has confirmed the investigation into infidelity, and a European arrest warrant was against him.