Egisto Ott wurde am Mittwoch des Amtsmissbrauchs und der Spionage schuldig gesprochen. | Heute.at

Egisto Ott wurde am Mittwoch des Amtsmissbrauchs und der Spionage schuldig gesprochen.

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Austrian former intelligence official Egisto Ott (sitting in foreground) has taken his seat to attend a session of his trial at the criminal court in Vienna, Austria, where the verdict was expected on May 20, 2026. Ott is currently standing trial on a slew of charges that include handing over sensitive devices and selling secret information to Russia. Ott, who denies all the charges against him, is also accused of having passed secret information for years to Jan Marsalek, the former chief operating officer of Germany's collapsed payment processing firm Wirecard, who is suspected of working for Russia's intelligence services. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP)