2023-11-16 13:52:00
In the affair surrounding uncollected fines in the gambling sector at the Schärding district administration, the internal audit department of the state of Upper Austria estimated the damage at 750,000 euros following an initial inspection. This was mainly due to the fact that the penalties had expired, it said in a broadcast on Thursday. The consequences under service law once morest employees will now be examined.
The question is whether the necessary supervision was complied with. The employee who is supposed to be responsible for the statute of limitations left the agency months ago. A statement of the facts was also sent to the Ried public prosecutor’s office, which has initiated an investigation on suspicion of abuse of office once morest a former official. But it should also be checked whether there were control or supervision violations, the public prosecutor said. The process is just beginning. The cases are believed to date back to 2015.
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