Dubious transactions

Expensive books: including credit from an Austrian bank

The mother of Martina T. from Vienna was sold a book similar to this one.(Bild: Gerhard Bartel)

An 80-year-old woman who was allegedly sold expensive facsimiles including a loan is not an isolated case. Other victims have contacted the ombudswoman and Krone+. The procedure is similar, the protagonists different. A bank and law firm from Austria are also involved.

A book for 13,000 euros each! Not a valuable antique, bought at an auction house, but junk, "talked up" in a door-to-door sale. The right loan is also available at the same time. In the amount of 22,000 euros. The whole thing has dramatic consequences for the borrower, who suffers from dementia.