Fingerprints as evidence. Fraud on paper. Lawyer?

I was reported by my ex on suspicion of fraud and presumption.

A letter from the youth welfare office was forged, in which I allegedly asked my ex to pay more child support for our child.

The thing is, he really has to pay more, but because of that story, I went to the youth welfare office a few days ago.

Half a year ago I was still at my ex's home and because of an art project called "Ostfriesenkiesel" I touched all the materials. Including pens, paper, laptop and printer.

When I was summoned to the criminal police, I said that I had not forged the letter because I let everything go through the youth welfare office.

He took my testimony and told me afterwards that the letter was with forensic science and that fingerprints would be searched. The letter has been there for a month and I kind of believe that he was just trying to intimidate me, but I still worry that the letter was printed on paper that I may have touched in the past.

If so, can that be used as evidence against me? I have never been noticed by the police, my certificate of good conduct is clean as I have never come into conflict with the law.

The letter demands a sum of just over 300 euro. Should my worst fear come true, what punishment might await me?

I have made an appointment with my lawyer, but he won't have time for me until next Friday at the earliest. I'm totally nervous and wanted to have some clarification beforehand.

Is the letter really a forgery?

Yes, they called the youth welfare office and no letter was written. There's also no official sign, a telephone number and the name of the clerk who should have put it on.

I suspect my ex was doing it himself to harm me.

If there's an initial suspicion of crimes you may have committed and your ex has reported you, then you will be investigated.

As a former administrative officer, it seems unclear to me what kind of letter from the youth welfare office there's, which is supposed to have been forged. If it was just a letter soliciting information, forging it wouldn't make much sense. The situation is different if an official notification of maintenance payments had been falsified and simulated. In the case of proven forgery, the expected penalty would be more severe.

I can only speculate on one point: A possibly expected penalty will be in the low range in the range, so that the costs for a lawyer may not be worthwhile. A judge will be careful not to ruin your life over an unproven claim just because your fingerprint might be on the letter.

If there's a trial with a verdict at all, it smells strongly of probation.

Let me know how it turned out. A maintenance payer

I would wait and see if FA can be secured. It's not that simple. Have you been fingerprinted?

That is an option.

No, the policeman said when the prints were there, then I should come back for a comparison