Nuremberg / Fürth (news release)
Woman arrested for forging prescriptions to obtain weight-loss drugs in Nuremberg
A 46-year-old woman is suspected of presenting forged prescriptions at multiple pharmacies in Nuremberg and Fürth since last Friday (February 13, 2026) in an attempt to obtain an expensive medication. The suspect is now in pretrial detention.
An initially unidentified woman submitted prescriptions at seven pharmacies in Nuremberg and Fürth, ordering Mounjaro, a prescription-only drug widely known as a "weight-loss injection." On four occasions, she successfully received the medication, paying only the standard prescription fee of €10 each time. The total financial loss amounts to approximately €5,800.
During routine processing, several pharmacies discovered that the prescriptions were counterfeit. Additionally, the personal details listed did not match the records held by the health insurance provider. The affected pharmacies then contacted the police, prompting a regional alert to other pharmacies about the fraudulent scheme. Though the woman continued attempting to fill prescriptions, she was no longer given the medication; instead, staff notified law enforcement.
On Tuesday evening (February 17, 2026), plainclothes officers from the Nuremberg-City Center police station provisionally arrested the 46-year-old suspect in Nuremberg's city center.
The case was subsequently taken over by the Criminal Investigation Department's on-call unit for Middle Franconia, which initiated preliminary forensic measures. The specialized fraud and forgery unit of Nuremberg's Criminal Police has since assumed responsibility for the investigation on suspicion of document forgery and fraud. At the request of the Nuremberg-Fürth Public Prosecutor's Office, the suspect was brought before the investigating judge at Nuremberg District Court, who issued a warrant for pretrial detention.
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