New detail in the chat crime thriller about the possible key witness for the prosecution, Thomas Schmid. Following the excitement over a higher salary due to an alleged intervention by then-Secretary of State Sebastian Kurz for his girlfriend Susanne Thier, the Treasury Department as an employer has now made it clear: there has never been a “short bonus” or special treatment. Rather, the remuneration corresponded to the normal salary scheme in the public service.
This story of the many accusations and denials is in any case quickly clarified after a fact check. On the 454 pages of his statements to the corruption prosecutors, Thomas Schmid also stated that ex-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (still foreign minister in 2016) was strongly in favor of a higher salary for his partner Susanne Thier, the secretary general of time in the Ministry of Finance would have done. He, Schmid, then gave Kurz a “completion report.”
“Paid according to law”
A spokesman for the Ministry of Finance, at the request of “Krone”, denied any possible criminal influence: “With regard to your question regarding an alleged salary increase by Ms Thier in 2016, we can inform you after consultation that this has not happened. Ms Thier was paid in accordance with the law in accordance with the Civil Service Act.”
Here are the details of Susanne Thier’s career path at the Ministry of Finance from the personnel file:
- After her employment in 2011, she completed her studies shortly afterwards, after which she ended up in a higher salary scale.
- Similarly, pay is said to have increased – as in other cases – after passing the service exam with distinction in 2015.
- And most recently, in 2019, she is said to have earned more because her head of department had gone on maternity leave and she was succeeding her.
In any case, the squabbling between the former party friends, who are now intimate enemies, will keep the judiciary busy for a long time to come.
Source: Krone
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