Key legal question
Whether commercial fraud under Art. 146 StGB can be committed with eventual intent and by omission
Extracted holding
Yes. Fraud may be committed with eventual intent; the offender need only accept that false representations, the victim's mistake, and the resulting asset disposition will occur. Active conduct is not required; suppression of facts or silence can also satisfy the offence.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 18 Abs. 2 StGB encompasses eventual intent. For fraud, the statute does not require a special direct-intent formulation. The objective motivational link suffices if the accused subjectively accepts the misleading and its consequences. The challenge to the contrary was therefore unfounded.