Documents Forged: Fake Teacher Now Faces Prison Sentence

He is accused of forging particularly protected documents and fraudulently obtaining a position. If convicted on Thursday, he faces up to two years in prison. The man was caught when he lost his wallet containing forged IDs.

48-year-old taught at several schools for years

In several federal states, the confessed defendant is said to have applied to the respective education directorate or city school council as a secondary school teacher and presented forged certificates there - quite successfully. In the 2010/11 school year, he was employed in Vienna for half a year. From autumn 2017, he taught in Upper and Lower Austria, most recently in Steyr. There were reportedly no complaints about his teaching.

Lost wallet exposed fake teacher

The case began to unfold when the 48-year-old, who had already been expelled from his studies in 2005, lost his wallet last summer. It was handed over to the police. In the wallet, the authorities found, among other things, a counterfeit police ID and several student IDs. An investigation was launched, and it was determined that the owner of the wallet had likely also forged his certificates.

(APA/Red)

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