Hendrik Holt is fleeing with a European arrest warrant – wind power fraudster wanted

Holt has been on the run since he failed to return from an approved exit to the Berlin correctional facility, the Osnabrück public prosecutor's office said. In Berlin, Holt was in open prison. The 36-year-old from Haselünne in Emsland is being searched for with a European arrest warrant, said a spokesman for the public prosecutor's office.

Investigators are currently keeping quiet about exactly where Holt is and how he managed to escape - citing "search tactical reasons."

Holt, about whom there is also an ARD documentary (“Holt – The Wind Power Swindler”), had, among other things, sold wind farms to foreign electricity companies that in reality did not exist. He also bribed foreign diplomats to use a diplomatic passport to avoid criminal prosecution.

The imposter who invented - and sold - entire wind farms: Hendrik Holt glued energy companies and the Munich Security Conference. In his last coup he apparently wanted to collect more than 100 million euros. Read more here. And you can listen to the podcast about the case here.