He was noticed in Moscow. Before his alleged death, he often communicated with an FSB officer.
The former head of the German holding company Tengelmann (includes OBI, Kaiser’s) Karl-Erivan Haub disappeared in April 2018 – he was vacationing in the resort of Zermatt in the Alps. At first, the billionaire was declared missing, and in 2021, the court in Cologne recognized him dead. After Haub’s disappearance, the Tengelmann Group was managed by his younger brother Christian.
Since then, the German media has been reporting information that casts doubt on the billionaire’s death. In particular, the disappearance of Haub is being investigated by RTL journalist Liv von Bettiher – she received footage from CCTV cameras, on which a man resembling Haub was seen in Moscow in February 2021. Biometric analysis confirmed the identity of the missing businessman with a 90% probability.
Analysis of the businessman’s phone calls showed that he had been making regular calls to Russia since March 2018. Particularly notable were calls with one woman who, according to journalists, had ties to the FSB. In addition, Haub and this woman repeatedly ended up in the same cities.
New evidence obtained by journalists indicates that Karl-Erivan Haub may have faked his disappearance and that some members of his family knew about it, Bettiher said.
