A former police officer is said to have warned gambling operators about raids. He would have received money for this. The man now has to answer for the fourth time before the regional court in Feldkirch.
He is 60 years old, a former civil servant, even a police officer, and has now sunk so low that it is not the first time that he has to appear before a court in Feldkirch (Vbg.). Prosecutor Nadine Heim accuses him of being ‘a central figure in contacts in the gambling environment’. Around which there is already a fuss in the beginning. As attorney Bertram Grass complains that the current female chief prosecutor of the corporate and corruption prosecutor’s office was previously a judge — and only the newly indicted police officer — not legally — burst: “That’s obviously bias!” But you can also say that she knows Akt very well inside and out…
special commission betrayed
Back to the allegations in what is now the fourth trial: In Vorarlberg, a special commission was set up against small-scale gambling in 2016/2017, tightening machine controls in bars. The policeman would have betrayed them – and also took money for it.
Former police officer admits two cases
This is denied by his defender: “There was no way my client could get such information. He was in a police station and had no connection with SOKO.” Apart from that, the length of negotiations in tranches is very taxing for his client, he should be forgiven for often not knowing “what’s what”. The 60-year-old admits two cases, “but these were data queries for general information The trial will last until November 10.
Source: Krone
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