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      Home > News > Law and Order

    German doctor sentenced to prison for his role as head of an international blood doping ring

    German doctor Mark Schmidt has been convicted and sentenced to four years and 10 months in prison for his role as head of an international blood doping ring uncovered in the Operation Aderlass criminal investigation


    The Munich regional court has also banned the 42-year-old from working for three years and convicted four accomplices.

    One of those was sentenced to two years and four months in prison, another received a sentence of one year and four months, while the other two have been fined.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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