In the German town of Düren, several politicians, including Werner Stump (CDU) and Jens Bröker (SPD), have been implicated in a fraud investigation for accepting payments to make fake residency permits for wealthy Chinese nationals.

Several local politicians from the mainstream parties in the German town of Düren have been implicated by the primary suspect in an ongoing fraud investigation. They are accused of accepting payments to obtain fictitious residency permits for affluent Chinese...