🔗 Share this article Parking Inspector and Wife Arrested in €1m Parking Embezzlement Case A parking inspector and his wife have been arrested on suspicion of embezzling over €1m out of the coin-operated meters of a modest town in Germany. The unnamed municipal employee is thought to have taken coins from street meters in the town on numerous occasions and placed them in financial accounts that his wife had control over, local police stated in a statement. A financial crime alert by a credit institution notified investigators to the alleged embezzlement. The parking inspector has been accused with 720 counts of theft, while his spouse faces 720 counts of aiding and abetting theft. The town's Head the mayor expressed he was shocked and dismayed by the allegations. In the fall, the Kempten public prosecutor's office were notified that money was frequently being deposited into multiple bank accounts, as reported by reports. Officers then raided office premises in the morning of November 24, the very day that a man in his forties and a 38-year-old woman were arrested. They are now being detained in different detention facilities. It is not clear how much time it might have taken the pair to accrue the amount. In response to the accusations, Kiechle declared the appointment of a committee to review past procedures, uncover possible flaws, and reliably remedy them for the future. He noted that the identities of the couple could not at this time be disclosed due to the active investigation and privacy concerns. In a official comment, Kiechle stated: "I certainly support the public prosecutor's office and the police in their thorough inquiry of the claims." "Until the case are resolved, the innocent until proven guilty stands," he continued. The town is among the most historic towns in the country. Located in the southern region, it sits under the slopes of the Allgäu region and has around seventy thousand residents.