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Elisabeth Pucher, wife of former Commerzialbank chief Martin Pucher, informed the U-Committee that she knew nothing about what was happening at the bank.
BURGENLAND. Even before the interrogation began, Elisabeth Pucher read a personal statement in tears: “It is very important for me to take this opportunity to express my sincere regret and condolences to all the people who have been harmed by my husband’s embezzlement.” she and her daughters “had no idea what has happened here over the years.”
“The bank was taboo”
Her husband never discussed business or professional matters with the family. “The bank was taboo,” says Elisabeth Pucher. He also often “harshly blocked” questions about the bank. Her husband informed her on July 13 that the bank was in “a serious situation that it had been trying to cover up for many years and that there was now no other way out than to submit a voluntary report.”
“Our social life has permanently changed”
However, she had no idea what dimension this imbalance and self-disclosure would take. According to her, her husband did not set aside money or property, thus enriching himself and his family. His social life, like that of his daughters, has changed forever. “Great damage was done to the closest friends and family as well,” Pucher said.
Friend – District Chief Auer – informed
Around noon on July 14, she called her friend, Eisenstadt Umgebung District Head Franziska Auer, and told her that the bank was “in serious trouble and that Martin had just submitted a voluntary report and was retiring as a member. of the board, “Pucher said.
After her husband returned home after voluntary disclosure, she asked him to report to the chairman of the bank’s supervisory board, Josef Giefing. She then approached him with her daughter and broke the news personally.
Informed board members
Then his daughter reported to Richard Woschitz so he could stop the Momentum center construction project in Mattersburg. “Furthermore, on behalf of our husband, we informed the son of the supervisory board Siegfred Mörz and Wilhelm Grafl, the vice president of the supervisory board, of my husband’s voluntary disclosure and his resignation by phone.
“My husband was never happy”
On July 15, when she went to see her lawyer with her husband, it was “the worst day of my life so far.” If she had learned of the bad words before her husband’s strokes, “there would have been a voluntary report or he would have lost his wife.” She had noticed that her husband was never happy. “Now I know why he was never free, but that doesn’t help me either,” said Pucher, who also answered some questions about SV Mattersburg.
VIP SVM tent a platform “where races were made”
The soccer club meant a lot to many people and she helped out of love. “I feel sorry for the people that the SVM was massacred.” The SVM VIP tent was a place “where people felt comfortable” and also a “platform where races were held.”
SVM scarf for Rapid-Fan Doskozil
There was hardly any contact with representatives of the country in the parties. Recently, almost no politicians have come to the SVM house rallies. LH Hans Peter Doskozil, known as a Rapid fan, came to a Rapid match wearing a Rapid scarf. “I took the liberty of giving the governor an SVM scarf,” Pucher said.
Money through environmental patents
For her and her family, there is only one goal that counts now: “reparation.” Elisabeth Pucher also sees a ray of hope: “It is paradoxical, but there is justified hope that my husband’s environmental patents will help people get their money back.”
