Vienna Convicts Ex-Intelligence Official in Russia Espionage Case
A Vienna court convicted former Austrian intelligence official Egisto Ott of spying for Russia, finding he supplied Russian agents and Wirecard fugitive Jan Marsalek with secret data from police databases and other sources in exchange for payment. Ott received four years and one month in prison and plans to appeal; Marsalek remains at large with an Interpol Red Notice and is believed to be in Moscow, linked to Russia intel activity.