Conditional prison sentence
Fraudster cashed in on tickets for the European Football Championship
A 46-year-old man from Mostviertel was sentenced to a conditional prison sentence for commercial fraud. He had sold tickets but not delivered them.
Last year, a 46-year-old man in the Mostviertel region sensed big business in the sale of tickets for the European Football Championship. Because in order to be able to watch the Austrian national team perform the "miracle of Germany" live, some people dug deep into their pockets.
The long-term unemployed man had promised several customers tickets for different matches and collected the money for them in advance. In return, he submitted order confirmations - but always with the same order number, as was revealed in the trial for commercial fraud at the St. Pölten regional court. He never delivered the tickets.
It's not really very realistic to believe that you can get so many tickets.
Richter im Betrugsprozess in St. Pölten
"I ordered discounted tickets from UEFA via the fan club," he says for the record. And believes in his innocence until the end of the negotiations: after all, he tried to get the tickets. The fact that it didn't work out was not his fault.
Verdict not yet final
However, the witness statements and Mr. Rat's meticulous investigative work finally brought the truth to light. "I'm sorry that it went like this," admits the defendant. "They didn't care because they made an incredible amount of money," the judge sums it up. The 46-year-old receives an 18-month suspended sentence. He also has to pay back the outstanding €3,300 for undelivered tickets to the victims.
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