Austria’s advertising affair: an overview of the accused

The Austrian public prosecutor’s office for business and corruption has been investigating former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and his closest circle for a week. It is about positive reporting in the free newspaper “Austria” and fudged surveys that were circulated about it. The accusation that the services and advertisements were financed with taxpayers’s money is also serious. Sebastian Kurz and his successor Alexander Schallenberg reject the allegations. The public prosecutor is currently investigating several people from Kurz’s environment. The presumption of innocence still applies to everyone.

Suspected destruction of evidence

In this context, the pollster Sabine Beinschab recently made headlines. She was briefly arrested Tuesday on suspicion of destroying evidence. She is said to have erased the hard drive of her work computer before a raid by the public prosecutor. An application for pre-trial detention had not been made, as the Economic and Corruption Public Prosecutor’s Office (WKStA) announced. Leg scrape was then released again.

Beinschab is part of a team that is said to have supported the then Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz in 2016 and 2017 in his rise to the top of Austria and the People’s Party. The accused at a glance.

Sources: “The moth“,”The standard“, ORF

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