The German Criminal Code on embezzlement and abuse of trust (§266 StGB) reads:
Whosoever abuses the power accorded him by statute, by commission of a public authority or legal transaction to dispose of assets of another or to make binding agreements for another, or violates his duty to safeguard the property interests of another incumbent upon him by reason of statute, commission of a public authority, legal transaction or fiduciary relationship, and thereby causes damage to the person, whose property interests he was responsible for, shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding five years or a fine.
However, there is a controversy surrounding the use of this law, especially in economic transactions. In his work Stefan Hoof analyses under what kind of conditions an outflow of assets can be compensated by an inflow of assets given the proof of the corpus delicti of a violation according to §266 StGB.
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