Jurisdiction · Austria

Financial conduct records — Austria

4 documented case files are recorded in Austria. Every entry summarises material already published by a court, prosecutor, regulator or established news organisation, and links to that source.

Austrian records involve FMA supervision and criminal proceedings before the Vienna Regional Court.

Case files in this group

Ref.MatterJurisdictionAuthorityAroseLast decisionStatus
AT-2008-01BAWAG: Caribbean speculative losses and the Vienna judgment

BAWAG P.S.K.

AustriaVienna Regional Court · FMA1 March 20064 July 2008Concluded — conviction upheld
AT-2009-01Hypo Alpe-Adria: emergency nationalisation and the Austrian proceedings

Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International AG

AustriaFMA · Austrian criminal courts14 December 20091 March 2016Concluded — bank wound down
AT-2009-02Meinl European Land: certificate buy-backs and the Vienna investigation

Meinl Bank AG · Meinl European Land

AustriaVienna public prosecutor · FMA1 August 20071 November 2021Investigation closed against principal
AT-2009-03Bank Medici: Madoff feeder-fund exposure and the London civil trial

Bank Medici AG

AustriaFMA · England & Wales High Court11 December 20082 August 2013Civil claim dismissed — licence withdrawn

Individuals recorded in this group

Sonja Kohn — Founder, Bank Medici AG, Austria — register entry photographAustria

Court record

Sonja Kohn

Founder, Bank Medici AG

Defendant in civil proceedings brought by the Madoff trustee in relation to feeder-fund flows; the English High Court dismissed the claim against her in 2013

Julius Meinl V — Former chairman, Meinl Bank AG, Austria — register entry photographAustria

Court record

Julius Meinl V

Former chairman, Meinl Bank AG

Investigated by Vienna prosecutors over the marketing of Meinl European Land certificates; proceedings against him were discontinued

Helmut Elsner — Former chief executive, BAWAG P.S.K., Austria — register entry photographAustria

Court record

Helmut Elsner

Former chief executive, BAWAG P.S.K.

Convicted in Vienna in 2008 over losses incurred through Caribbean speculative transactions; conviction upheld on appeal

Wolfgang Kulterer — Former chief executive and chairman, Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank, Austria — register entry photographAustria

Court record

Wolfgang Kulterer

Former chief executive and chairman, Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank

Convicted in Austrian proceedings arising from the collapse of Hypo Alpe-Adria; several counts were reviewed on appeal

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