A man from Upper Styria was exposed because he worked as a doctor at the LKH Knittelfeld without ever completing a degree – as has now become known, he also applied for the armed forces at the time.
This case made national headlines: as reported, a 34-year-old posed as a doctor in early June. With the help of a forged doctoral certificate, he was placed on the so-called doctor’s list by the medical association and assigned to the internal department of the LKH Knittelfeld for basic training.
Paramedic colleagues reported the wrong doctor
He worked there for six days as a ‘doctor’. The Styrian was exposed by former paramedic colleagues who knew that the Obersteirer (who lives in the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district) had never obtained a diploma. The man was fired. But he tried his luck again.
Agents surprised about ‘promotion’.
He also presented his fake doctorate certificate to the Armed Forces Personnel Office and applied to become a military doctor. The militiaman went to the Sint-Michiels barracks in uniform. Officers there noticed his promotion (Styria suddenly had an officer’s decoration and a medical badge on his uniform). An immediate check confirmed her suspicions.
The man confessed
But that’s still not enough: as officials from the State Criminal Investigation Department discovered, the 34-year-old had been using the title “engineer” since 2020 because he stated that he had graduated from a higher federal university of forestry. He even used the title in official documents – although he never attended the said school. The man confessed and stated that he had acted this way under pressure from family members. He is reportedly at large.
Source: Krone
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