Man to adopt 1,000 in revenge on Berlin

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Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...on-Berlin.html

A German man is exploiting a loophole in the law to become the legal father of 1,000 foreign children so they can claim German passports.
Jürgen Hass, who lives in Paraguay, says it is a personal "act of revenge" against the state.
He has so far adopted 300 children from seven countries and plans to adopt a further 700 by the end of the year.
Under a law on children's rights dating from 1998, a man can become the legal father of a child as long as the mother gives her permission and there is no record of a birth father.
Once adopted the child can gain a German passport and have access to the welfare state as well as education.
Mr Hass, a former insurance salesman who lives in Paraguay on a £700-a-month pension, said he wanted to help the impoverished children to lead better lives, but that his main motivation was to exact revenge on the state.
Mr Hass, a former local politician for the Free Democratic party, was sentenced to three years in prison in 1987 for fraud. The 56-year-old claims he was wrongly imprisoned and "treated worse than a dog" while in jail. He still professes his innocence.
He described the adoption campaign as his "personal, private revenge".
"A family of eight in Paraguay can live off a single German child allowance very happily," he said.
The children he has adopted so far come from Paraguay, Romania, Hungary, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine and India.
It is not clear how many of them are living in Germany.
Authorities say they cannot act until the law is changed. They are aware of dozens of other cases in which German men are exploiting the loophole, including a Berliner who every year declares himself the legal father of around 10 children of single mothers from Bosnia and Vietnam.
He is alleged to receive €1,500 (£1,026) from middlemen for each child he adopts.
Once the children become German citizens their mothers have the chance to secure a residency permit and to claim social welfare payments for themselves and their children. The man is said to have so far cost the state about £345,000.

[Garnier Fructis]

Magnificent bastard.

[Cizr]

date : 2006

[Fawkess]

That's pretty damn Clever

[Revi]

So basically exploit a loophole to force other tax payers to send money to random families in other countries.

Such a hero.

[PC2]

But if he believes those kids are equally as capable as Germans, wouldn't he be supporting the state by adding new and capable tax payers and societal contributors?

It's almost like he thinks they will be bad for the society, hence "revenge".

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The costs seems extremly lowballed for 1k children.

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so we now link articles from 2006

[Hyve]

Really, you're posting an article from 2006? That seems like a serious attempt to troll or bait people into an argument.

Move on guys.

[Hooked]

He looks like he likes children, a lot.

[Fawkess]

Editor’s note June 19, 2015:
Germany changed its law in 2008 in response to this case, making it possible for the state to challenge paternity claims and require a test.
Mr Hass was sentenced to two years and six months in prison in Paraguay for breaking the country’s laws on adoption and furnishing false documents.

[Hooked]

Editor’s note June 19, 2015:
Germany changed its law in 2008 in response to this case, making it possible for the state to challenge paternity claims and require a test.
Mr Hass was sentenced to two years and six months in prison in Paraguay for breaking the country’s laws on adoption and furnishing false documents.

Good lock that old weirdo up forever in a 3rd world prison. How fitting the punishment is.

[Nachturnal]

2006 lol. Not really expecting anything intelligent from OP either way. Just thought it was funny.

Editor’s note June 19, 2015:
Germany changed its law in 2008 in response to this case, making it possible for the state to challenge paternity claims and require a test.
Mr Hass was sentenced to two years and six months in prison in Paraguay for breaking the country’s laws on adoption and furnishing false documents.

Now it's just hilarious.