The Vienna State Prosecutor’s Office has charged three people, includingPeter Hochegger, who was involved in a scandal in Bulgaria, with helping to divert EUR 960 000 from Telecom Austria to right-wing party Alliance for the Future of Austria.
The prosecutor’s office in Vienna announced Monday they had charged former Austria Telekom head Rudolf Fischer, lobbyist Peter Hochegger, former politician Klaus Wittauer “and others” with breach of trust, falsifying testimony, and money laundering.
The sum of EUR 960 000 was redirected from the telecom prior to the 2006 parliamentary elections through two advertising agencies working for the Alliance for the Future of Austria by using fake invoices and without the knowledge of the shareholders and without getting an adequate service in return.
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