The public prosecutor's office in Vienna has reportedly given the green light to inspect Strache

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Success for the investigators of the Federal Criminal Police Office in the FPÖ expense affair. According to media reports, the officials are allowed to inspect the accounts of the former FP boss Heinz-Christian Strache. He, as well as his wife Philippa and three other employees, are suspected of having billed private expenses through the party's accounts. As reported, these are said to have been billed to the FPÖ as fake receipts from restaurants (representation costs) .

The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) had asked the Vienna Public Prosecutor's Office to query the account register. According to the Kronen Zeitung, this has now been granted and the ORF also reported. The measure took place on the basis of statements from witnesses already interviewed. The victims not only include the FPÖ Vienna, but also the Federal FPÖ, the liberal parliamentary club and the FPÖ municipal council club in Vienna.

According to initial findings, the damage amounts to almost 600,000 euros, but according to a report by the BKA (which is available to the APA) the amount could be much higher. The public prosecutor's office itself did not confirm the reports for the time being, as no information should be given about the individual steps in the investigation.

Meanwhile, Strache complained on Friday FPÖ state party leader Dominik Nepp. The latter claimed in several interviews that Strache had committed fraudulent expenses cheated on his own people and financed his private life and his luxury life through fake bills.

Strache's lawyer Mag. Zechbauer from Salzburg writes in the application, the defendant's allegations (Nepp, note) are untrue. The plaintiff (Strache, note) is innocent; he has also not committed any criminal acts. Strache's demands are therefore to refrain from disseminating these statements and to revoke claims that have already been made by Nepp. In addition, an injunction is sought. According to the complaint, the amount in dispute is EUR 21,000.