Kernrechtsfrage
Whether brokering a real-estate deal and relaying the seller’s request for an off-the-book payment constitutes aiding false certification.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. A causal contribution that facilitates the completion of a transaction aimed at an untrue notarization is sufficient; it is irrelevant that the broker was only carrying out ordinary business activity.
Extrahierte Begründung
By bringing the parties together and forwarding the request to pay black money, J. made the unlawful agreement easier and increased the chances of the false notarization. The conduct was not socially adequate or neutral because it conveyed a plainly illicit demand.