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Social Assistance Fraud by Omission of Income

Case Number 21 04 174
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Jurisdiction Switzerland · Canton of Lucerne (CH-LU)
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Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The appellate court overturned a lower court's acquittal, finding that a recipient of social assistance committed fraudulent deception by silence when failing to report earned income of approximately CHF 27,000 while receiving net social welfare payments of about CHF 100,000 over a period. The court reasoned that the recipient's statutory duty under social assistance law to immediately report changes in economic circumstances established a legal guarantor obligation, and the deliberate concealment of this income constituted fraudulent misrepresentation (Art. 146 StGB) because the authorities, due to privacy and feasibility concerns, could not independently verify the recipient's employment status, thus establishing the requisite deceitful intent (Arglist).

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Art. 146 StGB; § 11 Sozialhilfegesetz. Wer als Sozialhilfeempfänger der Sozialhilfebehörde die Erzielung eines Erwerbseinkommens verschweigt, macht sich des Betrugs durch Schweigen schuldig. Die Meldepflicht des Sozialhilfeempfängers nach § 11 Abs. 2 Sozialhilfegesetz begründet für ihn eine gesetzliche Garantenpflicht. | Strafrecht

Keywords

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social assistance fraud income reporting employment status fraud withdrawal of social benefits repayment of unemployment benefits

Cited Legislation

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Art. 146 StGB
Leitsatz: · Art. 146 StGB; § 11 Sozialhilfegesetz.
Art. 146 Abs. 2 StGB
Leitsatz: · Art. 146 StGB; § 11 Sozialhilfegesetz.
Art. 146 Abs. 1 StGB
Leitsatz: · Art. 146 StGB; § 11 Sozialhilfegesetz.
Art. 146 Abs. 1 und 2 StGB
The court used this provision to find the accused guilty of qualified fraud.
§ 11 Sozialhilfegesetz
The court used this provision (specifically Abs. 2) to establish the legal guarantee obligation that made the silence fraudulent.
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GSD 2008 16
Social Assistance Fraud and Failure to Disclose Assets Case
7H 18 270
Social Assistance Reimbursement Burden of Proof on Authority
7H 18 258
Suspension of Social Assistance Overturned Due to Insufficient Evidentiary Basis Post-Acquittal
GSD 2020 1
Recoupment of Social Assistance Due to Failure to Report Maternity Benefit

Key legal questions extracted by Legislator

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Art. 146 Abs. 1 und 2 StGB

The court used this provision to find the accused guilty of qualified fraud.

§ 11 Sozialhilfegesetz

The court used this provision (specifically Abs. 2) to establish the legal guarantee obligation that made the silence fraudulent.

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Rechtsprechung Luzern

Instanz: · Obergericht

Abteilung: · II. Kammer

Rechtsgebiet: · Strafrecht

Entscheiddatum: · 23.11.2004

Fallnummer: · 21 04 174

LGVE: · 2005 I Nr. 54

Leitsatz: · Art. 146 StGB; § 11 Sozialhilfegesetz. Wer als Sozialhilfeempfänger der Sozialhilfebehörde die Erzielung eines Erwerbseinkommens verschweigt, macht sich des Betrugs durch Schweigen schuldig. Die Meldepflicht des Sozialhilfeempfängers nach § 11 Abs. 2 Sozialhilfegesetz begründet für ihn eine gesetzliche Garantenpflicht.

Rechtskraft: · Diese Entscheidung ist rechtskräftig.