Fraud Trial Against Former Football Pro in Vienna

The 33-year-old ex-football professional has been in pre-trial detention since mid-September due to the risk of reoffending. The Vienna Public Prosecutor's Office accuses him of a series of criminal acts that he is alleged to have committed in Austria and Germany. The incriminated damage amount: over 240,000 euros.

Ex-Football Pro Allegedly Defrauded People with Cryptocurrencies and Luxury Watches

The footballer ended his active career at a lower-class club in 2023. Subsequently, he is said to have duped people, some of whom he knew from his professional sports career, with the promise of lucrative investments in cryptocurrencies. Furthermore, he pretended to be able to procure or sell expensive watches for them at a profit - one victim handed over a Rolex worth 43,000 euros, another two watches of the same brand worth a total of 34,000 euros. A watch worth 14,000 euros is said to have been embezzled by the 33-year-old. The ex-footballer is also said to have borrowed loans for the alleged purchase of luxury watches, but did not repay the money. Instead, he is said to have fobbed off his creditors with various excuses. One charge concerns a kitchen appliance, for the procurement of which the ex-footballer is said to have taken several thousand euros without delivering it.

(APA/Red)

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