Kernrechtsfrage
Whether altering and submitting the annual accounts constituted forgery under Art. 251 StGB
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. Replacing pages in a revised and signed annual account made the document false, and submitting it to the bank was a punishable use of a forged document; the use was absorbed as a subsequent act.
Extrahierte Begründung
A reworked annual account is a false document because the real issuer no longer matches the apparent issuer. The defendant acted to improve the company’s creditworthiness and obtain an unjust advantage.