Corruption affair around Sebastian Kurz: Co-accused probably becomes a key witness and unpacks about ex-chancellor

The pollster Sabine Beinschab is accused of having falsified surveys for Sebastian Kurz.

Now she is to become the key witness in its corruption process.

Munich - The corruption affair surrounding the former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz * and his ruling party ÖVP is drawing wider circles. As the

reports, citing an incident report from the Federal Office for the Fight against Corruption, the judiciary is cooperating with the co-accused pollster Sabine Beinschab. The

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According to the documents, Beinschab is said to have declared in mid-October that he wanted to testify against Kurz and the ÖVP.

The 37-year-old previously spent one night in custody on suspicion of being at risk of being darkened.

Investigators from the Wirtschafts- und Korruptionsanstalt (WKStA) had previously found out that Beinschab deleted chat histories with other accused - hours before the house searches in the vicinity of Sebastian Kurz.

Affair about Sebastian Kurz: leg scraping new key witness

She was only released after she had promised to stand on the side of the law and avoid contact with other accused.

In addition, she was apparently informed about the leniency program.

To do this, it must cooperate fully with the authorities and provide relevant knowledge that investigators have not yet learned otherwise at the time.

Only one person can use this option per procedure.

As a key witness, Beinschab is hoping for a reduction in her sentence, the allegations against her are grave.

At the end of 2016, she is said to have falsified surveys in such a way that Sebastian Kurz and his environment could benefit from them.

In addition, she is said to have issued bogus bills that were paid by the same environment from the government apparatus - that is, from taxpayers' money.

Affair about Sebastian Kurz: Investigators had calendar entries and chats

According to the reports, the authorities around WKStA Chief Public Prosecutor Gregor Adamovic have documents that contain brief calendar entries from 2017 and a chat from 2018.

These will probably also have contributed to the transfer and conversion of leg scraps.

In doing so, she seems to have exchanged views on survey figures with Gerald Fleischmann, a confidante and first media officer of Kurz.

With her support, further investigations will show what information and data Beinschab also has.

In any case, the short-term environment will not approve of this development.

Most recently, Kurz's successor Alexander Schallenberg * caused a faux pas.

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