The Most Significant Case of Military Supplier Fraud in Hungary During the First World War: The Criminal Judgement of the Cloth-Fraud Case Based on the Judgements of the Military Courts of the Time

In the first year of the First World War, several cases of war transport abuse came to light in Hungary, which were of great social interest and caused extremely significant material and moral damage. One of the largest of these was the so-called baized fraud case. The special feature of these cases is that some of the defendants are military personnel, while others have civilian status. In Hungary, the practice has developed that both categories of persons are tried by military courts. This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the historical facts of the case, the legal context of the case and the decisions of the courts at first and second instance.