Xhaka's suspended fine COVID certificate case

Oct 8

Pollak says Switzerland continues to prosecute violations of former COVID rules and reports Granit Xhaka's disclosure of a suspended 150,000-Swiss-franc fine for a forged vaccination certificate. He says Xhaka will avoid paying the fine if he commits no further offense during two years, while legal costs remain payable. As comparisons, he reports Breel Embolo's suspended 60,000-franc fine for purchased test certificates and former national ice-hockey coach Patrick Fischer's payment of tens of thousands of francs over a forged vaccination certificate. The passage does not establish the dates of those other decisions.

Granit Xhaka publicly discloses a suspended 150,000-Swiss-franc sentence for a forged COVID vaccination certificate. AUF1 says he need not pay the fine if he commits no further offenses during two years, while legal costs are payable. The date refers to the disclosure; the actual penal-order date is not established by the broadcast.