Correction of joint and several liability in criminal forfeiture order

The Federal Court of Criminal Revisions (BGH) rejected the defendant's appeal against the judgment of the Hanover Regional Court, thereby upholding the underlying conviction and sentence, but modified the forfeiture order to explicitly designate the defendant as a joint and several debtor. The case involved a criminal appeal challenging the lower court's ruling, where the only correction issued by the higher court concerned the legal characterization of liability within the confiscation decree. The decisive legal basis for this procedural outcome was the German Code of Criminal Procedure regarding the review and alteration of sentencing elements, specifically addressing the statutory requirements for joint and several liability in forfeiture proceedings.