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Porwoll uncovered a crime of major proportions at this pharmacy in Bottrop
People who report criminal behavior at work often encounter a culture that disowns and sidelines them in Germany. That at least was the experience of Martin Porwoll, a former accountant at a large pharmacy in the western city of Bottrop.
In 2016, Porwoll realized that his boss had spent years diluting cancer treatment drugs on a massive scale enriching himself while endangering the lives of tens of thousands of patients and defrauding public health insurers of over €50 million.
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substance, comes in six different colours and 23 different frame designs.
Rolf is a family company based in Austria’s Tyrolean Alps. In 2007, Roland Wolf and Marija Iljazovic began experimenting in their basement, using a milking machine, moped brakes, old cylinders and a coffee table to construct eyewear with wooden hinges and frames. Two years later, the pair founded Rolf, and added their siblings Christian Wolf and Martin Iljazovic to the team. By 2019, Rolf had employed 39 people and dispatched its glasses to over fifty countries worldwide.
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While the company is most known for its wooden glasses, it also produces eyewear using plant based materials, as well as titanium, stone, and horn. Rolf’s eyewear is made without screws, meaning that it doesn’t require any maintenance. All glasses can be printed in one batch, as the hinge and frame are printed in a single piece. This reduces the number of external suppliers and spare needed. Simultaneous hinge prin