Facts
On 25 February 2015, the complainant [X.] filed a criminal complaint against [A.] for theft. She accused him of having stolen from her a cash amount of CHF 40,000.-- that she had kept in an envelope in her kitchen cabinet in December 2007. The Uznach Investigating Authority did not take up the proceedings on 21 May 2015. The appeal filed by [X.] against this decision was dismissed by the Indictment Chamber of the Canton of St. Gallen on 7 July 2015.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court confirmed the decision of the lower instance. It concluded that the Public Prosecutor's Office was entitled to refrain from opening an investigation without violating federal law. The suspicion of the complainant that the defendant had gained access to her apartment with his master key and stolen the cash from her cannot be based on a plausible basis and constitutes a mere assumption. The circumstances cited by the complainant, such as the defendant's waiver of outstanding rent payments, his…