Scope of value confiscation of criminal proceeds and joint and several liability for asset recovery

The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) partly granted the defendants' appeals, modifying the judgment of the Potsdam Regional Court of June 1, 2022, by clarifying that one defendant is jointly and severally liable for an asset confiscation amount of €132,800 and reducing the confiscation ordered against another defendant to €1,920, while rejecting the remainder of the appeals as unfounded; the court also granted reinstatement of the deadline for filing a revision appeal for one defendant upon request and at his own cost. The dispute concerned the scope and calculation of value confiscation (Einziehung des Wertes von Taterträgen) in a criminal case, with the defendants challenging the original financial orders. The decision rests on the legal doctrines governing the procedural requirements for reinstatement of missed deadlines and the substantive limits of confiscating the value of criminal proceeds, ensuring that the financial sanctions correspond precisely to the proven illicit gains.