EUROPE
Former Austrian Intelligence Officer Re-Arrested Over Wirecard Espionage Investigation
At approximately 0600 EST, local Austrian media reported that the Austrian Public Prosecutor's Officer (StA) had executed raids at several houses in Vienna and had arrested former Austrian intelligence officer Egisto Ott as well as another suspect, who as of this publication has remained unnamed. StA spokeswoman Nina Bussek confirmed this information to STANDARD. It is important to note that Ott was already arrested in 2021 over suspicions on helping former Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek who fled to Russia after his company's collapse in 2020.