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According to the record, the WKStA also apparently found false statements from Casag’s CEO, Glatz-Kremsner, on other points. When questioned about her relationship with Schmid, a member of the Öbag board, she claimed that she knew him from the government negotiations in 2017. There were no informal or private contacts, only professional (through Schmid’s role as general secretary at the Ministry of Finance). The WKStA also sees this refuted by the chats.
Because according to the chat logs attached to the WKStA notification, Glatz-Kremsner knew each other before 2017, and apparently quite informally. On March 29, 2016, the two agreed to meet at Schmid’s: “I am making a private invitation at my house. I would like to help our Gernot Blümel (övp wien chef) settle down a bit. It would be great if you wish. And time to come. Eight people, dinner and very informal. LG t “. According to the minutes, Glatz-Kremsner immediately agreed: “That sounds great, of course I’m very happy to be there.” In another message, he asks again for Schmid’s exact time and address, which Schmid later relayed.
Cell phone chats: “I really enjoyed your cooking skills”
Apparently, the day after the meeting, in late April, Glatz-Kremsner thanked him for the evening: “Good morning Thomas! Thank you so much again for the wonderful evening yesterday and for your special hospitality! I enjoyed your culinary skills and the interesting conversations. I wish you a good weekend and hope to see you soon. Sincerely, Bettina. ” Schmid should also have been satisfied with the meeting: “Dear Bettina, thank you for coming. Thanks to your presence, the evening was a success! Gernot was very happy. I look forward to next time. LG Thomas.”
According to the file, the WKStA also records other chat logs which, in its view, refute Glatz-Kremsner’s statements that he only had professional contacts with Schmid. In mid-July 2019, the two agreed to meet in a bar in the city center of Vienna. The next day, Schmid wrote to Glatz-Kremsner: “Dear Bettina, yesterday was very comfortable. I want to help you where I can and I am available to you at any time!” She thanked him and accepted the offer: “I’d be happy to help you again if necessary.”
“So I told him to leave the Hoscher”
Another talk suggests that Glatz-Kremser’s career advancement in casinos should have been the topic as early as 2017: “What did Dlouhy say?”, Glatz-Kremsner wrote to Schmid in October 2017. What was meant should have been Stepan Dlouhy, then chief investment officer of the Czech Sazka group, at the time the largest co-owner of Casinos Austria with more than a third. Schmid replied: “He thought it was positive, great that you were in the closest circle”, “Totally good for him” and: “So I told him that the Hoscher should go” (note: this is probably Casinos Co-Director Dietmar Hoscher, whose contract was later extended until the end of 2017, was extended and resigned from the board in 2019).
The WKStA sees another false statement as evidenced by the chats that revolved around the replacement of the supervisory board of Casinos Austria at the supervisory board meeting on June 20, 2018. At that time there was something of a battle. between the Czech group Sazka and the co-owners Novomatic and ÖBIB. Against the will of the ÖBIB state (Öbag’s predecessor), the Sazka wanted to provide the twelve representatives of the capital. In the end, the Czechs only got five supervisory boards, Walter Rothensteiner remained president. The leader of the SPÖ faction in the U-Committee, Jan Krainer, therefore suspects an agreement between the actors of the Ministry of Finance and Novomatic, which had supposedly actually concluded a voting rights agreement with Sazka.
According to the record, Glatz-Kremsner stated during questioning that the question of the relationship between Casag’s three main shareholders and what was the core of the differences was something the board of directors had nothing to do with. That is why she does not know specifically. Nor did she recall having conversations with representatives of the republic as the owner in this regard.
However, according to accompanying chat messages, he discussed the matter with Schmid, then Secretary General of the Finance Ministry, the day before the supervisory board meeting: “If Sazka nominates more people tomorrow, ÖBIB it should also nominate additional candidates, “Glatz-Kremsner wrote. Schmid responds that it will be difficult. On the morning of the supervisory board meeting, Glatz-Kremsner asked if everything was okay, and later in the afternoon: “They will want to challenge …”. Schmid replied, “Yes,” and shortly after: “And now they are being outclassed.” The next day more talks followed: “We really have to celebrate! You coordinated it so brilliantly!” Schmid wrote to his counterpart. “Viribus unitis, dear Thomas,” was Glatz-Kremsner’s reply.
