Americans in court – Südbahnhotel: Fraud for a construction jewel in Semming

What was not happy in the country in 2006! Just like the rich uncle from America, a man from Michigan showed up waving millions and wanted to breathe new life into the Südbahn hotel, which had been in trouble since 1976.

trial 16 years later
It was too good to be true. 16 years later, the “rich uncle” is 75 years old – and is being charged in the court in Wiener Neustadt (Lower Austria). As a scammer. According to the indictment, he had offered a bank a bill of exchange from Banco do Brasil as security. Value: 50 million euros! For him, 45 million should “lose weight” through discount deals.

Bill of exchange falsified as bank guarantee
The bank in Lower Austria was smart, checked, rejected. Another was attempted. And you guessed it: the Brazilian bills of exchange as bank guarantees were forged. Nevertheless, a civil engineer has already been appointed with the extensive planning work. There too the joy was great for the time being and people were even hired! But – the promised deposit did not materialize!

Imprisonment for deposit fraud
This is the fraud that could be proven against American lawyer Mirsad Musliu. For this 300,000 euros, there was now no legally binding 2 years in prison, of which 8 months the man had already been in pre-trial detention. He was acquitted.

The 75-year-old was acquitted of the exchange rate fraud. When in doubt, it was assumed that he did not consider the bills falsified and thus could not knowingly cheat. He wasn’t even present at the payout conversations with the bank.

And the Südbahn hotel? He probably still hopes for a “rich uncle”.