Former  Finance Minister of Austria Karl-Heinz Grasser

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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

Sat, 05 Dec 2020 - 10:09 AM / by Sreemayi .S.R

Tags: Austria, Karl-Heinz Grasser, Finance Minister, corruption, Bribery, Money laundering case

Courtesy: BBC News