Wirecard-linked former intelligence officer handed four-year Austrian sentence
( May 21, 2026, 11:15 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A former Austrian intelligence officer who passed secret information to a former Wirecard executive has been found guilty of bribery and embezzlement charges in a Vienna court. Egisto Ott was given a four-year sentence at the Vienna Regional Criminal Court after being convicted of revealing information to former Wirecard chief operating officer Jan Marsalek. Wirecard collapsed after a €1.9 billion fraud.Statement follows (in German)....
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