The Munich Public Prosecutor's Office has issued an arrest warrant in connection with the mask affair.
There were also searches of the CDU in Thuringia.
Munich - There is movement again in the mask affair *.
The Munich Public Prosecutor's Office has issued an arrest warrant for an accused.
This was arrested on Thursday, as the investigating authority announced.
Investigators did not reveal the suspect's name.
The arrest warrant is not directed against Sauter or Nüßlein, said a spokesman.
The other three defendants in the trial are two businessmen and a tax advisor.
Mask affair in Corona crisis: Investigations by the General Prosecutor's Office against five suspects
According to the public prosecutor's office, there was initially an undisclosed reason for arrest against the suspect;
In the meantime, measures to secure assets have also been initiated "on a larger scale".
In the complex, the Attorney General's office had recently expanded its investigation to five suspects.
Among them are Georg Nüßlein *, who used to be a member of the Bundestag for the CSU, and Alfred Sauter, who has been a member of the CSU for many years.
Both are said to have received high commission payments in connection with mask business.
Mask affair: searches also at the Thuringian CDU
Meanwhile, the Thuringian public prosecutor's office is investigating the former CDU member of the Bundestag Mark Hauptmann.
A preliminary investigation was initiated against the CDU politician on suspicion of bribery of mandate holders in connection with mask business, as the judicial authority announced on Thursday in Jena.
In the mask affair, according to the Thuringian CDU, the former constituency offices of Hauptmann and several CDU district offices in southern Thuringia were searched by the LKA on Thursday.
The state criminal investigation office informed the CDU about the searches, announced the state association of the party.
A spokeswoman for the Public Prosecutor's Office confirmed the searches in the course of investigations into suspected bribery of elected officials.
Mask affair: “Asset arrest” for CDU MPs
The public prosecutor's office sees “tangible factual indications” that Hauptmann has demanded commission payments from a company in connection with the mediation of mask business.
He is said to have billed a high six-figure euro amount for his brokerage through a company he founded, which the company is said to have received.
The company responsible for importing, exporting and trading in care and medical products is being investigated on suspicion of bribery of elected officials.
There were also searches against those responsible for the company in question in the Frankfurt am Main area.
The Thuringian Higher Regional Court also ordered Hauptmann to be arrested in the amount of 997,000 euros in order to secure illegally acquired money.
According to the CDU, the district offices in Suhl, Hildburghausen, Sonneberg and Schmalkalden-Meiningen were searched.
"We assure the investigators of our unlimited support," said Thuringia's CDU General Secretary Christian Herrgott.
"Transparency and clarification was our goal from the start." He pointed out that the state party acted immediately after the allegations against Hauptmann became known and, among other things, checked CDU party donations in all Thuringian district associations in recent years.
(AFP / aka)
