Page 6 - Short Cases 1 Borussia Dortmund Bombing Plot Teaching Note

Observations

Q1 What is Fraud?

A1 inducing a course of action by deceit or other

dishonest conduct

Planting bombs in order to influence share price

constitutes not only fraud also attempted murder

Almost all fraud involves the attempt to conceal the

crime and in this case the attempt was to pass off

the attack as an Islamist terrorist plot.

Wenergold’s plan was flawed from the outset.

Placing such a large bet could only attract the

attention of the authorities both legal and financial.

Likewise, diverting attention on to a terrorist group

could only focus the holistic nature of the security

forces.

Q2 Why did Borussia Dortmund play the rescheduled

match with Monaco the day after the bombing?

A2 From the case material it would appear that the
players as well as the coach were unhappy with the

decision. But if we consider the coach as the CEO he

was then over-ruled by the equivalent of the

chairman and owners. It seems to have meant little

that the club won the DFB Pokal in May 2017. The