Kernrechtsfrage
Whether mutual legal assistance was barred for lack of dual criminality because the case concerned a fiscal offence.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Assistance was not barred because the facts supported qualifying the conduct as tax fraud (Abgabebetrug) under Swiss law.
Extrahierte Begründung
The request described forged contracts, false bookkeeping entries, and a grossly organized scheme amounting to deceptive conduct and sufficient indications of arglist.