Austria’s Ex-Minister Grasser Gets 4 Years Jail for Bribery (1)

Austria’s former Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser was sentenced to four years in prison for taking bribes, in a judgment that marks the end of one of the nation’s highest-profile corruption cases.

The Supreme Court in Vienna upheld most parts of a guilty verdict announced in 2020 but halved the sentence from eight years due to the length of the process, according to a statement on Tuesday. Grasser was convicted for breach of duties and accepting a bribe, but cleared of accusations he tampered evidence.

Talking to reporters after the verdict, Grasser said the ruling was incorrect and that ...