Fraud during driving license tests has no criminal consequences, the Supreme Court has ruled. This statement is also relevant for a high school student from Styria, because in May 2022 she was also caught taking the high school exam with a mobile phone, buttonhole camera and earphones. She can now breathe a sigh of relief: the Graz public prosecutor’s investigation against her has also been stopped.
As reported, dozens of candidates have taken the theoretical driving test with equipment like that of James Bond. Activated mobile phones, wired mini cameras in the buttons of their shirts and earphones to get in touch with their contacts who had to help them get a driver’s license using the photographed questions. But: About 90 cheaters were discovered and reported throughout Austria.
As the “Krown” learned, the Supreme Court put an end to the investigations and, in some cases, judicial convictions that had already taken place. The highest courts ruled that no paragraph of the Austrian criminal code could be reconciled with the alleged crime.
Investigation against high school student halted
This decision now also has an impact on a young woman in Deutschlandsberg who tried to obtain her high school diploma in a similar way through deception. She was also exposed with her buttonhole camera, it was reported, and the Graz public prosecutor’s office launched an investigation. When the OGH ruling became known, the ‘Krone’ wanted to know whether it would also have an impact on the investigation against the young woman.
And: “Actually, the Graz Public Prosecutor’s Office was waiting for this OGH ruling, because it is partly relevant to this. However, a few facets still need to be investigated,” said Hansjörg Bacher, spokesman for the Graz public prosecutor’s office at the time. And now it is actually clear: the investigation against the young lady has also been stopped!
Cheating has no criminal consequences
In advance, the Graz Public Prosecutor’s Office reported several times to the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. Shortly before New Year’s Eve it was now clear: “In light of the OGH’s ruling, the procedure has been discontinued. A high school diploma does not confirm that the exam was taken without fraud,” confirms public prosecutor spokesman Hansjörg Bacher. The young lady can breathe a sigh of relief, she will not face any criminal consequences.
Source: Krone
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