The trial of former Green politician Christoph Chorherr and nine other defendants begins Tuesday at the Vienna regional court. The former councilor, including the planning spokesperson for his group, is said to have demanded or accepted payments from well-known real estate companies for a non-profit organization he founded. It can also become tight for real estate investor René Benko in the Causa.
The Economic and Corruption Public Prosecution Service (WKStA) accuses Chorherr of abuse of office and bribery, the leading entrepreneurial facility for abuse of office and bribery in various forms of employee participation.
Donations against benefits in signings?
The co-defendants include investor Rene Benko, industrialist Michael Tojner and real estate developers Erwin Soravia and Günter Kerbler. Eleven days of negotiations will last until December 20. The WKStA has also applied for a fine for a total of 21 associations, or project companies, under the Associations Responsibility Act.
Serious allegations of corruption
Chorherr is said to have received donations to the S2Arch association for bringing about corresponding city council resolutions, or has been promised such donations. The non-profit organization has built two schools, facilities for the disabled and several kindergartens in South Africa.
According to the indictment, savers’ real estate projects were treated “favorably” in return, with Chorherr allegedly concealing his financial relationship with the donors. The processes in question took place from 2011 to 2018, when the Greens were also part of the city government.
Source: Krone
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