"cancer wonder drug" for which even advertised a TV star. But the drug
is really just a cheap anti-inflammatory. It has helped only five
rogue traders who are alleged to have made millions. You are now on
trial in Kassel, they face long prison sentences. Malte Arnsperger,
Kassel
Helps prevent diarrhea: Galavit-sale in a Moscow pharmacy
Cancer, end stage. No doctor could help Walter tooth left, the
63-year-old had given up the fight against the deadly cancer already.
But then appear on the horizon a glimmer of hope. On television, sees
his wife Marlene in early 2001 a report on Galavit, the Russian "magic
bullet" against cancer. Immediately, she turns to Dr. Kurt R. Eike who
treats cancer patients in a clinic with Hessian Galavit. Good faith,
the couple pays tooth 16 800 DM (about 8600 €) for the last straw. But
the straw breaks down quickly. "Galavit has helped more than anything.
On the contrary. There my husband went to the Galavit treatment worse
and worse. A few months later, he then died," says his widow stern.de.
"It had promised Dr. R. to 100 percent, that my Walter will be healed.
I'm so angry at these criminals."
"He's going to be good"
The district court in Kassel, the little woman about five years after
the death of her husband meets the object of their anger. Dr. R., a
broad-shouldered, strong 65-year-old man with drooping eyelids, red
face and computer, is on trial along with four accomplices for fraud
and extortion. "He's gone but fat," says Marlene teeth with disgust
when she discovered the doctor in court. While Dr. R. welcomed by a
flurry of flashbulbs, takes place in the dock, Marlene adds teeth to
with bitterness in his voice: "He could leave it to go so well with
our money."
It was a sophisticated and yet misanthropic system, with which the
five defendants should have in the years 1999 to 2001, the purported
"miracle cures" advertised and sold for much media attention. The
actor Ivan Desny, known in the ARD-Crime "crime scene", they harnessed
their carts. In colorful leaves Desny came up with the proud, and Dr
R. announced that he had defeated his Galavit with prostate cancer.
"The tumor is gone. It's like a miracle," claimed Desny. Desny but had
never had cancer. The star of the TV star confessed shortly before his
death in 2002, he wanted his old pal Falko D., helping the indictment
of the masterminds of the fraud Galavit. "The only advertising for a
friend."
Million profit bagged
The advertisement had its effect. The promise of salvation have been
misled by supposedly 167 cancer patients. As Walter tooth they should
have paid around € 8600 for the treatment with 15 vials, as well as
several thousand euros for the several weeks of hospitalization. Falko
D. and his team should have paid for the 15 vials Galavit just € 320 -
a cheap import from Russia. Winning a total of 1.3 million euros, said
the 63-year-old D. Falko among his partners. These included two for
the responsible management of the business men, and the journalist
Theo K., who was responsible for the effective public dissemination of
medical sensation. Dr. R. has led to the treatments and the patients,
the efficacy of the product have guaranteed. He cashed for a princely
monthly salary of 10,000 € and drove a Bentley luxury car as a
service.
The desperate cancer patients, according to the prosecutor was fooled,
the drug had been tested successfully in the Russian space research,
stop the tumor growth, eliminate the cancer cells and thus prolong
survival. "The defendants have exploited the plight of the patients,"
said the State Attorney.
Lawyers plead not guilty
This confirms Marlene tooth. "We were so much honey smeared around his
mouth," she says in retrospect. But even in Russia Galavit is approved
only as anti-inflammatory and anti-diarrhea medication. German Cancer
experts warn that because of false hopes. "We discourage the use of
this preparation," according to the Cancer Society and the Drug
Commission of the German Medical Association. There was no evidence
for efficacy against cancer.
Fraud, the defendants want to know anything. Self-assured and
seemingly unaware of the seriousness of the accusations they pursue in
court as the data of the 167 patients will be read. Although no one
expresses himself fall on the first trial, the five, but her lawyers
have strong words. "I hope for an acquittal. My client was open to
patients, he has not Galavit touted as cancer cures," says Sabine Zeh,
attorney for Dr. R. "As a panacea, there are Galavit only in the media
and the indictment. So But it was never sold. "
A similar situation also the legal counsel of the principal defendants
Falko D. "It is the question of whether there is a debt. For there is
no study that proves the Galavit is ineffective," says Ullrich Goetjes
whose clients on a conviction of up to 15 years in prison threaten.
Moreover, the lawyer, there are cancer sufferers who had been quite
satisfied with the treatment. When asked how many happy Galavit
patients there because, Gotjes white is not an accurate answer. "There
are a few."
"I'll tell him"
Walter tooth can not be so mean. As with the other 167 victims, most
of whom have already died, Galavit has stirred up in him and his wife
only false hopes. "This afternoon I'm going to tell my husband what
happened today in court," says Marlene tooth. For the first time, the
brave woman swallow her tears in the eyes shoot. "I'll tell him at the
grave."
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