Helmut Elsner

Register entry

Helmut Elsner is recorded in this register under the heading “Court record”, in connection with the role of Former chief executive, BAWAG P.S.K.. The entry is filed to Vienna (Austria), which is the location associated with the role in the published material rather than a statement of present residence or employment.

The Austrian court recorded findings of breach of trust and false accounting in connection with trading losses carried off the bank's balance sheet. The register reproduces the substance of the linked source and does not extend it. Where a matter has been appealed, reopened, or closed without findings, that position is stated as the source states it, and the summary line for this entry reads: “Convicted in Vienna in 2008 over losses incurred through Caribbean speculative transactions; conviction upheld on appeal.”

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