Dr. med. Michael Foti

Dr. med. Michael Foti

Osteopathy according to A.T. Still  ·  Bad Alexandersbad und Dresden, Germany
1 year 5 months probation; 3-year certificate ban; medical license suspended
Case Report — Documentation

Type of persecution

  • State criminal prosecution
  • Revocation / suspension of medical license
  • Limited professional ban
  • Disciplinary proceedings (Medical Association)
  • Two house searches
  • Account freezing / asset seizure
  • Public discrediting

Accusation

  • Issuing incorrect health certificates pursuant to Section 278 StGB (former version) in 28 separate offences.
Allegation:
  • Issuing 21 vaccination exemption certificates with formulaic justifications, without further examination, against better judgement.
  • Issuing 7 mask exemption certificates with formulaic justifications, without further examination, against better judgement.

What actually happened?

Owing to the absence of formal and procedural requirements in the law, I developed my own procedure for risk assessment, both for the risk of vaccination and for the risk or presence of side effects from wearing a “protective” mask. To this end, I developed and designed my own medical history forms and a handout covering both the vaccination and the mask topics, as well as my own template forms for the vaccination and mask exemption certificates.

The medical duty to inform was met by requiring, as a precondition for the personal risk assessment during the consultation, attendance at a lecture of at least one hour covering: the ingredients of vaccines, the immunological response options of the organism to vaccine administration, the epidemiology of selected vaccine-preventable diseases according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), and special features of the Infection Protection Act (in particular regarding the recognition of vaccine injuries and the duty to report them).

All 28 patients (and others beyond them) were personally examined by me in accordance with the self-developed procedure, and the certificates were issued on the basis of the medical history forms completed by the patients themselves, including a sworn declaration as to the accuracy of the information, a written declaration of intent (for example, regarding the administration of vaccinations or the wish to be exempted from the mask requirement), and any supplementary medical findings (such as laboratory parameters, COPD, asthma, autoimmune diseases, anxiety disorders, etc.). The certificates were consistent with my medical conviction, the criteria of evidence-based medicine (EBM), the Bavarian Code of Medical Conduct, the UN Convention on Human Rights, the Hippocratic Oath, and the Declaration of Geneva.

See also:

— Dr. med. Michael Foti

Current Status

  • Threat of personal insolvency since the first-instance verdict of 2 years and 4 months in prison on 21.07.2023
  • Initiation of tax criminal proceedings on 21.08.2024
  • Second-instance verdict on 25.09.2024: 1 year and 5 months on probation. Final since 03.10.2024
  • Three-year ban on issuing exemption certificates relating to mask or vaccination requirements
  • 01.10.2025: Revocation of medical license under immediate enforcement
  • 31.10.2025: Initiation by the Regensburg District Medical Association of an examination of professional sanctions (fines, etc.) with a request for a statement; to date no response from the Medical Association to my statement
  • 28.11.2025: Decision of the VwG Regensburg: suspension of the immediate enforcement of the revocation of the medical license until the main proceedings at the Regensburg Administrative Court; date pending
Impact — Documentation

Professional impact

  • Our practices within the “health hotspot” at Stefling Castle had to be closed
  • Relocation of the practice with downsizing
  • Threat of insolvency since July 2023
  • Massive loss of income since June 2023
  • Ongoing professional law proceedings before the Medical Licensing Authority of the Government of Upper Bavaria and the Regensburg District Medical Association

Financial impact

  • Six-figure legal and litigation costs
  • Six-figure loss through early termination of the hereditary leasehold contract
  • Six-figure loss of a large share of practice income
  • All savings used up
  • Decline in patient numbers due to reputational damage

Personal impact

  • Sleep disturbances
  • Stress from negative media coverage
  • Marital crisis and separation
  • Several relocations (myself, and two of my three children who are now of age; the 8-year-old lives with the mother)
  • Attempt to continue the practice at two new locations
  • Attempt to settle the litigation debts
  • Attempt to avert the threat of personal insolvency
  • Attempt to clarify the tax issues amicably with the tax investigation authority
  • Attempt to limit the harm to my own three children. Commitment to enlightenment and reappraisal

Collegial reactions

  • A few individual colleagues have expressed solidarity
  • Most recently, my goal of building a new livelihood at the new practice location was actively boycotted by two local colleagues by means of a shitstorm article and a municipal council initiative

Press reactions

  • Since 2020, countless shitstorm articles in local, regional (Mittelbayrische), and international (Süddeutsche) newspapers
  • The regional daily Frankenpost most recently reported on my new practice start in three large articles in January and February 2026, including: “Controversial doctor takes over practice…”, “Waldershofer falsified certificates”, “Doctors warn against previously convicted physician”, “Dangerous to health is what doctors from the Fichtelgebirge call the new doctor…”, “If a doctor is running about who refuses to vaccinate children, that is intentional bodily harm”, “Council members denounce the fact that the doctor is allowed to practise in Alexandersbad”
  • Negative television and radio coverage on Bayrischer Rundfunk, BR 24, BR-Radio, and local radio.

Outlook

My patients had a right to an individual medical assessment of their respective health situation, in line with the criteria of evidence-based medicine.

I had a moral and professional duty to give my patients this assessment according to the rules of the art, to support them in exercising their right to self-determination, and to protect them from the potential or actual harm caused by the individual negative benefit-to-risk ratio of the vaccinations or of the masks (which, according to RKI protocols, were demonstrably useless).

It is my wish that this documentation should help the public to learn that freedom of therapy in Germany has, in fact, currently been abolished (and that this must be reversed without delay), what injustices physicians in this country have suffered and continue to suffer, and that such interference in the doctor-patient relationship must never be repeated.

Chronology

February 2019:
Review and assessment of Jens Spahn’s ministerial draft of the planned “Measles Protection Act”
Spring 2019:
Development of my own procedure for assessing a patient’s vaccination risk; review and assessment of the epidemiological situation regarding vaccine-preventable diseases in Germany on the basis of the RKI’s Infection Epidemiology Yearbooks (years 2000 to 2018), and preparation of medical history forms and vaccination exemption certificates
August 2019:
Start of issuing vaccination exemptions for patients with medical contraindications
June 2020:
Became aware of the criminal complaint filed against us by the Schwandorf Health Authority (and 3 further health authorities) without any prior contact with us
Summer 2020:
Start of issuing mask exemptions for patients with medical contraindications
Summer 2020:
Proactive contact by us with the Amberg Public Prosecutor’s Office regarding the criminal complaint by the Schwandorf Health Authority, specifically with Senior Public Prosecutor Konrad, with the aim of clarifying what was supposedly “incorrect” about our certificates. After a brief exchange and input from us, no further response was received; our offer to come to Amberg and explain the matter went unanswered.
14.12.2020:
House search at the practice and private residence; seizure of patient files and IT equipment
May 2022:
Indictment by the Amberg Public Prosecutor’s Office under Section 278 StGB (60 cases)
May 2023:
First-instance main hearing at the Schwandorf Local Court (AG Schwandorf) (19 hearing days)
July 2023:
First-instance verdict on 21.07.2023: 2 years and 4 months in prison without probation
December 2023:
Early termination by us of the hereditary leasehold contract for the practice and private rooms at Stefling Castle, for safety reasons, owing to the continuation of legal prosecution and the threat of personal insolvency caused by loss of revenue from the media shitstorm, the consequences of the verdict, and the costs of proceedings
July 2024:
Second house search by the Regensburg tax investigation authority
August 2024:
Initiation of tax criminal proceedings on 21.08.2024
September 2024:
Second-instance main hearing at LAG Amberg (1 hearing day); limitation to the appeal ruling for financial and personal reasons
October 2024:
Second-instance verdict on 25.09.2024: 1 year and 5 months on probation. Final since 03.10.2024
April 2025:
Initiation of proceedings to revoke the medical license, ordered by the Medical Licensing Authority of the Government of Upper Bavaria
October 2025:
Immediate enforcement of the revocation of the medical license, ordered by the Medical Licensing Authority of the Government of Upper Bavaria
October 2025:
Immediate cessation of practice activity from 15.10. to 28.10.2025
October 2025:
On 31.10.2025, initiation of the examination of professional sanctions (fines, etc.) by the Regensburg District Medical Association, with a request for a statement
November 2025:
On 28.11.2025, decision of the VwG Regensburg: suspension of the immediate enforcement of the revocation of the medical license until the main proceedings at the Regensburg Administrative Court; date pending
March 2026:
Publication of my study “Which criteria of a targeted vaccination history are necessary to assess fitness for vaccination?” as part of a lecture on the scientific basis of my risk assessment method, at the 4th Fahrenbachsymposium of the “Anwälte für Aufklärung (Lawyers for Enlightenment)” on 07.03.2026
Note on responsibility

The information in this case report comes from the affected person themselves. The editorial team verifies whether a criminal or professional prosecution has taken place; it cannot verify the factual accuracy of every single statement. Responsibility for the correctness of the account lies with the respective author.

Name
Dr. med. Michael Foti
Specialty
Osteopathy according to A.T. Still
Additional qualifications
State-certified physiotherapist, manual therapist
Special Functions

Former multi-year member of the state board of the Marburger Bund Bavaria (German Marburger Bund medical professional association) and of the federal board of the Marburger Bund Federal Association

Former chairman of the works council at a district hospital in Bavaria

Former lecturer in osteopathy until 2014 at the International Academy of Osteopathy, Ghent

Lecturer in VegetoOsteopathy (a self-developed concept within the practice of osteopathy) since 2014

Ergonomics consultant for one of the world’s largest bicycle manufacturers from 2014 until the start of the coronavirus measures

Position
Owner of a private medical practice for osteopathic medicine since 2009, located at Stefling Castle since 2012
Location
Bad Alexandersbad und Dresden, Germany
Age
54 years
Practicing since
Physiotherapeut seit 1996, Arzt seit 2005
Persecuted since
Sommer 2020
Documented since
Apr 29, 2026
Status
1 year 5 months probation; 3-year certificate ban; medical license suspended
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