Former Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser has been legally acquitted of tax evasion. His co-suspect, a former tax advisor, was also acquitted. The Supreme Court (OGH) has rejected an annulment complaint from the financial criminal authority.
This wanted to challenge the acquittal of the Vienna Regional Criminal Court in July 2022. Grasser was accused of failing to declare nearly €4.4 million in fees he received for services to Meinl Bank Antigua in his tax returns (see video above). With the acquittal, the accusation is now off the table.
Further proceedings are ongoing
However, the process for the privatization of the federal housing companies around Buwog has not yet been legally completed. Grasser denies all allegations. He was sentenced to eight years in prison at first instance in December 2020. His lawyers have filed an appeal and an appeal for nullity; the Supreme Court has not yet ruled. It is the presumption of innocence.
Source: Krone
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