Union MPs collected six-digit sums in the procurement of mask by the federal government.
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Mask scandal during Corona pandemic
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Peter Robert Ackermann
Founder and member of the board of directors
Apollo Tyres AG
Peter Ackermann was a member of the board of directors of Apollo Tires (Schweiz) AG from the company's founding until July 2025.
Peter Ackermann was a member of the board of directors of Apollo Tires (Switzerland) AG from November 15, 2007 to June 26, 2025.
Peter Robert Ackermann
Member of the Board of Directors
IFS Schweiz AG
Peter Robert Ackermann was Chairman of the Board of Directors of IFS Schweiz AG from December 17, 2019 to September 30, 2022
Peter Robert Ackermann
Consulent
MME Legal
Peter Ackermann joined MME as a consultant in 2016. Before that, he was a partner in a medium-sized commercial law firm in Zurich for 20 years. Due to his many years of work as an impact investor and business lawyer with a focus on corporate law, financial regulatory law and contract law, Peter Ackermann has broad experience and in-depth knowledge of cross-border transactions and projects. His practical experience is rounded off by his long-standing role in management and supervisory bodies (board of directors, board of trustees).
Peter Robert Ackermann
Executive partner
Pioneering Ventures AG
Peter Robert Ackermann has been an Executive Partner at Pioneering Ventures since 2019
Zurich / Mumbai
Zurich / Mumbai
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Franz Joseph Strauß
Daughter
Monika Hohlmeier
Monika Hohlmeier is the daughter of Franz Joseph Strauß
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Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
conveyed
Nikolas Löbel
Nikolas Löbel brokered mask deals to the health ministries of Baden-Württemberg and Mannheim through his company Proventus GmbH. Unlike Nüßlein and Sauter, Löbel had no direct connections to the Federal Ministry of Health, but acted at the state level. He received commissions of around 250,000 euros.
Kyril Louis-Dreyfus
Father - son
Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Kyril Louis-Dreyfus is the son of Robert Louis-Dreyfus
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Alfred Sauter
Cooperation partner
Georg Nüßlein
Georg Nüßlein and Alfred Sauter worked together to broker mask deals. Both were CSU politicians with good contacts and brokered deals between Emix Trading and German authorities. Their collaboration led to both being convicted of bribery.
Andrea Tandler
Cooperation partner
Georg Nüßlein
Georg Nüßlein introduced Andrea Tandler to the mask business and worked closely with her. Nüßlein used his political contacts, while Tandler acted as an intermediary between Emix Trading and the authorities. Both received high commissions for their brokerage work and were at the center of the investigation.
Emix Trading GmbH
mediated for
Georg Nüßlein
In spring 2020, Georg Nüßlein brokered mask transactions between the company Emix Trading and the Federal Ministry of Health and Bavaria. He used his contacts as a member of the Bundestag and deputy parliamentary group leader to make the business possible. For this brokerage activity he received commissions of around 660,000 euros.
In spring 2020, Georg Nüßlein brokered mask transactions between the company Emix Trading and the Federal Ministry of Health and Bavaria. He used his contacts as a member of the Bundestag and deputy parliamentary group leader to make the business possible. For this brokerage activity he received commissions of around 660,000 euros.
Georg Nüßlein
Tectum Holding GmbH
Georg Nüßlein is the sole shareholder of Tectum Holding GmbH.
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Jascha Camillo Rudolphi
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Emrix Consulting GmbH
Chairman of the Board of Directors and former Managing Director
Emix Trading GmbH
mediated for
Alfred Sauter
Alfred Sauter brokered mask transactions between Emix Trading and Bavarian authorities through his law firm. He worked closely with Georg Nüßlein and received commissions of around 1.2 million euros for his brokerage work. Sauter used his contacts as a former Bavarian Minister of Justice and member of the state parliament.
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
Federal Minister of Health
Jens Spahn
On the evening of April 21, 2020, Jens Spahn was contacted by email. He was offered the purchase of 100 million FFP2 masks from EMIX.
"At 8:52 p.m., Jens Spahn replied from his iPad with just one word: agree.
Spahn thus approved an order of over 540 million euros. "
"At 8:52 p.m., Jens Spahn replied from his iPad with just one word: agree.
Spahn thus approved an order of over 540 million euros. "
Jens Spahn was Federal Minister of Health from 2018 to 2021 and was therefore responsible for the procurement of protective equipment during the corona pandemic. His ministry introduced the open procedure, which led to non-transparent procurement practices and excessive prices. Spahn himself was not accused of corruption, but came under criticism because of the procurement practices.
Jens Spahn is the Federal Minister of Health at the time of the “mask deals”.
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Luca Alessandro Steffen
Managing Director
Emix Automobile GmbH
Luca Alessandro Steffen is managing director of Emix Automobile GmbH
Monika Hohlmeier
Tandler switches Hohlmeier as an intermediary
Andrea Tandler
Andrea Tandler turns to Monika Hohlmeier to get in touch with the Federal Ministry of Health.
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Emix Trading GmbH
mediated for
Andrea Tandler
Andrea Tandler was the main mediator between Emix Trading and the Federal Ministry of Health and Bavarian authorities. She organized the mask deliveries and received commissions of over 48 million euros - by far the highest sum in the mask affair. Tandler was introduced to the business by Georg Nüßlein and used her political network.
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
conveyed
Monika Hohlmeier
"The contact from Emix to the then Minister of Health Spahn came about the mediation of Monika Hohlmeier, the daughter of the former Bavarian Prime Minister Franz Josef Strauß (CSU). Hohlmeier, again, was asked by Andrea Tandler, owner of a PR agency and daughter of the former CSU general secretary Georg Tandler."
Monika Hohlmeier mediates the Federal Ministry of Health
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Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
Placement of masks
Georg Nüßlein
In the wake of the corona pandemic in 2020, Georg Nüßlein provided masks from Lomotex to the Ministry of Health.
He keeps quiet about the lavish commission that Nüßlein receives from the Lomotex company for the placement.
The brokerage involves 8.5 million masks with a price of 35 million euros. Nüßlein receives 660,000 euros in commission for this. A further 540,000 euros were planned. But that didn't happen anymore.
According to Tagesschau, Spahn said during the course of the investigation: "When there were later problems with payment because his ministry complained about deficiencies, Nüßlein called him several times. The CSU representative pointed out that it would be better if the company were paid. Otherwise there could be a risk of unfavorable public reporting."
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
Andrea Tandler submits offer from Emix Trading AG
Andrea Tandler
According to Jens Spahn's statement in the Bundestag's budget committee, he received the offer from Emix Trading AG through Andrea Tandler on March 9, 2020.
Tandler is said to have received a total of 48 million euros in commissions from EMIX for contact with the Ministry of Health and the mediation of the mask deal "together with her partner Darius N.. The amount was so abundant due to the high prices."
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
will deliver FFP2 masks in 2020
Burda GmbH
In April 2020, Burda GmbH delivered a total of 570,000 FFP2 or KN95 protective masks to the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG), which was headed by Jens Spahn (CDU) at the time.
YouTube-Kanal von AFP Deutsch, AT Anmelden Gesundheitsministerium bestätigt Masken-Deal mit Burda, vom 22.03.2021, zuletzt abgerufen am 19.07.2026
Emix Trading AG
Buy masks from Emix
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
In 2020, the Federal Ministry of Health ordered respiratory masks from Emix Trading AG for an amount in the hundreds of millions.
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Lomotex
Mask purchase
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
The Federal Ministry of Health purchase in the course of the Corona pandemic masks from Lomotex GmbH & Co KG
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Offenes Verfahren zur Maskenbeschaffung
introduced
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
The Federal Ministry of Health introduced the open procedure for mask procurement in March 2020. This accelerated procedure was intended to enable quick procurements given the emergency, but resulted in a lack of transparency and control. Contracts worth several billion euros were awarded through the open procedure.
Burda GmbH
Daniel Funke
Daniel Funke, Jens Spahn's husband, was working as a lobbyist and head of the Berlin representative office of Hubert Burda Media at the time of the "mask deal" concluded between the Federal Ministry of Health and Burda GmbH in 2020, during the Corona period. The fact that the ministry concluded a million-dollar deal with the employer of the minister's spouse created the appearance of bias in the eyes of the public.
CSU
Georg Nüßlein
Until the mask scandal, Georg Nüßlein was a member and representative of the CSU in the Bundestag.
After Nüßlein\'s involvement in the scandal became public, he resigned from the CSU in March 2021. However, he remained non-party in the Bundestag until the new elections in September 2021.
After Nüßlein\'s involvement in the scandal became public, he resigned from the CSU in March 2021. However, he remained non-party in the Bundestag until the new elections in September 2021.
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Peter Robert Ackermann
Founder and member of the board of directors
Emix Trading AG
Peter R. Ackermann is the founder and member of the board of directors of Emix Trading AG.
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Luca Alessandro Steffen
Founder and member of the board of directors
Emix Trading AG
Board of Directors and former managing directors
Little Penguin GmbH
Mediation commission
Emix Trading AG
The company of Tandler receives 48 million euros from EMIX for the mediation of the contract with the Federal Ministry of Health.
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
supplier
Emix Trading GmbH
Emix Trading delivered millions of masks to the Federal Ministry of Health through intermediaries. The company sold masks at inflated prices of up to 10 euros each and paid high commissions to intermediaries such as Andrea Tandler, Georg Nüßlein and Alfred Sauter. The transactions were carried out using the open procedure.
Europäisches Parlament
Deputy
Monika Hohlmeier
On June 7, 2009, Hohlmeier was elected to the European Parliament for the first time.
In the EU Parliament, Hohlmeier is a member of the Budget Committee, the Special Committee against Organized Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering and the Delegation for Relations with the People's Republic of China.
As a deputy, she serves on the Budgetary Control Committee, the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee and the Delegation for Relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council. Hohlmeier is the domestic policy spokesperson for the EPP group.
On November 27, 2018, the Coburg public prosecutor's office asked the European Parliament to lift Hohlmeier's immunity. She is accused of leaving the scene of an accident without permission (accident escape) after damaging another vehicle while parking her vehicle.
In the EU Parliament, Hohlmeier is a member of the Budget Committee, the Special Committee against Organized Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering and the Delegation for Relations with the People's Republic of China.
As a deputy, she serves on the Budgetary Control Committee, the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee and the Delegation for Relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council. Hohlmeier is the domestic policy spokesperson for the EPP group.
On November 27, 2018, the Coburg public prosecutor's office asked the European Parliament to lift Hohlmeier's immunity. She is accused of leaving the scene of an accident without permission (accident escape) after damaging another vehicle while parking her vehicle.
Alfred Sauter
condemned
Landgericht Augsburg
In July 2024, the Augsburg regional court sentenced Alfred Sauter to a fine of 120,000 euros for bribery. The court found Sauter guilty of exploiting his position as a member of the state parliament and former justice minister to broker mask deals. This judgment also came about as part of an agreement.
In July 2024, the Augsburg regional court sentenced Alfred Sauter to a fine of 120,000 euros for bribery. The court found Sauter guilty of exploiting his position as a member of the state parliament and former justice minister to broker mask deals. This judgment also came about as part of an agreement.
Georg Nüßlein
condemned
Landgericht München I
On May 26, 2022, the Munich I Regional Court sentenced Georg Nüßlein to a fine of 600,000 euros for bribery. The court found that Nüßlein had exploited his position as a member of the Bundestag to broker mask deals and collect commissions for doing so. The verdict came about through an agreement.
Georg Nüßlein
Mediation commission
Lomotex
Nüßlein receives 660,000 euros from Lomotex for brokering the mask deal. Another 540,000 euros were supposed to be added, but that never happened.
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Since May 5, 2021, the CSU communal politician has been the managing director of Pecom GmbH
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