Justice: Fugitive fraudster Holt said goodbye to authorities - Is he in Moscow?
In an email after his escape, the 36-year-old wrote that he would not return to prison. Hendrik Holt is now being searched for across Europe.
Hendrik Holt, a 36-year-old man from Haselünne, has escaped from a Berlin prison after failing to return from a permitted leave on Tuesday. The Osnabrück public prosecutor's office has issued a European arrest warrant for Holt, who was serving a nearly nine-year sentence for gang fraud, bribery, and document forgery related to the sale of non-existent wind farms to foreign electricity companies.
Before his escape, Holt sent an email to the Berlin prison saying he would not return, and a message on Instagram, purportedly from him, reads "Liebesgrüße aus Moskau sehr schön hier der Kaviar ist fantastisch" or "Love greetings from Moscow, it's very beautiful here, the caviar is fantastic". The authorities have confirmed that Holt did not leave Germany via Rostock airport.
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