The 26-year-old from the Mödling district stored a lot of the shipments in his basement. In line with police studies on Tuesday, the whole harm mightn’t be quantified presently. The Austrian citizen, who has confessed in full, is being charged with abuse of workplace, suppression of paperwork, everlasting theft of property and knowledge falsification.
The case was set in movement on January fifteenth by a report from the investigation division of the Austrian Submit AG. The 26-year-old, who had been working as a letter and parcel deliverer on the Mödling supply base since August 2017, was subsequently investigated.
26-year-old confessed to crimes
The Decrease Austrian later confessed to not delivering numerous letters and packages from the tip of 2019 to the tip of 2023, however reasonably storing them in his basement compartment and likewise damaging, ripping open or destroying them. In line with police info, a complete of 802 RSa and RSb letters, 516 parcels or giant letters and 464 registered mail objects are particularly affected. The accused additionally destroyed eleven passports, suppressed 147 RSa and RSb return receipts and electronically cast the signatures of at the least ten recipients.
“Task took a number of months”
A bundle of paperwork and packages was found throughout a voluntary inspection within the 26-year-old’s basement compartment and delivered to the supply base in Mödling. “The variety of undelivered shipments was huge; counting, assigning and recording them in Excel tables took a number of months,” the Decrease Austria State Police Directorate said in a press launch.
The 26-year-old’s modus operandi was outlined as follows: Each morning he obtained an organization automobile and numerous deliveries. Earlier than loading the packages and letters, the accused uncared for to scan them as meant. This prevented the unlawful actions from being found and traced for a very long time.
The person most likely took a few of the undelivered shipments to his basement compartment throughout or following the tip of his shift. The motive is believed to be overwork. The 26-year-old has since misplaced his job; he was laid off at first of the 12 months.