The trial in Berlin was about cats of the breed British Shorthair (symbol picture)
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She offered kittens on the Internet and cheated several animal friends about the "reservation fee" - without them getting a cat: A 40-year-old woman was sentenced to one year probation in 26 cases at the Berlin-Tiergarten district court for fraud.
The mother of four was also placed under a probation officer for a period of four years.
In addition, the collection of compensation in the amount of 5875 euros was ordered.
According to investigations, she had repeatedly offered kittens for sale on an online platform and collected "reservation fees" of up to 530 euros from interested parties.
In court, the defendant had admitted fraudulent business with cats of the British Shorthair breed.
She was sorry, she said.
However, you can no longer remember the details of the deeds.
According to the unemployed confectioner, she lived on the money she had stolen.
Her defense attorney said her client "sold more cats than were actually available".
It got out of control.
The verdict said: "The defendant had created a nice source of income - that was already a system."
The prosecutor said in his plea: "I believe that there were never kittens."
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