Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the reservation payments were entrusted assets within the meaning of Art. 138 StGB
Decisione estratta
Yes. The payments were made as advance payments to be used toward the purchase price or work price and had to be refunded if the intended contracts did not materialize.
Motivazione estratta
The contracts, interpreted under the trust principle, did not establish a brokerage fee relationship. The sums were paid to be applied to future contractual claims of sellers or contractors; until then the companies had to hold them and return them if no contracts were concluded.