Key legal question
Whether the accused acted with intent under Art. 152 StGB when the 2004 annual accounts were presented to shareholders.
Extracted holding
The findings did not sufficiently support that he knowingly or even conditionally intended to make false statements; at most negligence was shown.
Extracted reasoning
He knew of the debt waiver and the bookkeeping, but this did not prove knowledge of illegality or a plan to deceive. The shareholder and buyer knew the underlying debt and sought a cleaned-up balance sheet. The record supported, at most, a failure to verify legal compliance.