Trial in Innsbruck
Gambling addiction financed with bill fraud
A Romanian (35) with a criminal record caused damage of around 5,000 euros in Tyrol alone by committing various currency exchange frauds. The man must now spend several months behind bars.
The 35-year-old has already served time in prison for forged documents in France and elsewhere. He has also already served a prison sentence in the USA. In 2020, the Romanian finally ended up in Austria.
Defendant fully confesses
"In the end, a loss of more than 5,000 euros was incurred here through change fraud," emphasized Judge Heide Maria Paul at the Innsbruck Regional Court. A fact that the man openly admitted.
I wanted to finance my gambling addiction with it.
Der Angeklagte in Innsbruck vor Gericht
He also had a clear motive at the ready: "I wanted to finance my gambling addiction with it". Not only because of this, but also because of his four children waiting for him in Romania, he asked for a "lenient sentence".
Prison sentence imposed
However, the judge ultimately found an unconditional prison sentence of ten months to be "commensurate with his guilt and actions", especially as he had "shown remorse" but still had relevant previous convictions and the acts had been repeated and thus committed on a commercial basis.
In addition to the prison sentence, the 35-year-old must repay around 700 euros to three injured parties. The verdict is not yet final.
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