Former Austrian FinMin Karl-Heinz Grasser Sentenced 8-Year Jail
Karl-Heinz Grasser, former Austrian Finance Minister, has been convicted of corruption and bribery amounting to nine million euro. Awarding him an eight-year imprisonment, the Vienna Court found him guilty of leaking information of a bid and termed it as deliberate abuse of authority. The court also handed jail terms to former Austrian leader Walter Meischberger and a lobbyist Peter Hochegger. Interestingly, Grasser became the youngest… read-more
Tags: Austria, Karl-Heinz Grasser, Finance Minister, corruption, Bribery, Money laundering case
Courtesy: BBC News