Facts
The complainant [A.] was arrested on 28 September 2022 and taken into pre-trial detention. The subject of the proceedings is the second extension of pre-trial detention. The complainant was charged with suspicion of professional fraud, forgery of identification documents, procurement of false certification, and making false statements to the commercial register authorities.
The Coercive Measures Court at the District Court of Wil extended pre-trial detention with a decision of 28 March 2023 until 29 June 2023. The Indictment Chamber of the Canton of St. Gallen confirmed the detention order with a decision of 17 May 2023. The complainant requests the reversal of the Indictment Chamber's decision and his immediate release from pre-trial detention.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court has dismissed the complaint against the extension of pre-trial detention. The complainant had claimed that the cantonal authorities had denied him a fair hearing by not conducting an oral detention hearing, either by the Coercive Measures Court or by the previous instance.
However, the Federal Supreme Court has found that the previous instance had confirmed the grounds for detention of the risk of collusion under Art. 221 Abs. 1 lit. b CrimPC in accordance with federal law. The previous instance had found that the complainant was the driving force behind the fraudulent activities and that there were concrete indications of a risk of collusion.
The Federal Supreme Court has also found that the previous instance had confirmed the strong suspicion of a crime under Art. 221 Abs. 1 CrimPC in accordance with federal law. The previous…