EXW Pockets co-founder Benjamin Herzog has pled responsible.
Herzog’s responsible plea was entered mid-trial, following damning testimony from his ex-girlfriend,
As reported by Kleine Zeitung on December thirteenth;
The principle defendant (26) made a shock announcement on Wednesday made a full confession. He additionally exonerated his eight co-defendants.
“I used to be out of breath, I used to be completed driving. “I plead responsible in full and ask for a lenient and speedy sentence,” stated the Carinthian, in response to the Austria Press Company (APA).
Whereas he can’t really “exonerate” his fellow accused, I consider this was an try to shoulder duty alone. Effectively, type of – Herzog threw EXW Pockets’s different two co-founders beneath the bus.
In his remarks, (Herzog) additionally accused the 2 EXW co-founders who’re at the moment nonetheless absconding or in custody for extradition.
Pirmin Troger was arrested in Brazil and awaits extradition to Austria. Manuel Batista stays a wished fugitive.
Regardless of his responsible plea, Kleine Zeitung reviews Herzog “was nonetheless being questioned by the jury, the general public prosecutor and the protection”.
Formally EXW Pockets victims quantity “round 40,000” with “a minimum of 17.6 million euros in losses. Herzog’s ex-girlfriend pegged EXW Pockets investor losses at nearer to 80 to 120 million euros.
Being unfamiliar with the Austrian prison case course of, sadly I don’t know when Herzog will likely be sentenced.