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This resulted in an arrest and a criminal case. The trial ended in September 2020 with a final conviction. “Weltwoche” made public on Saturday the blackmail attempt against Federal Councilor Berset. The investigation carried out by the “Weltwoche” is based on a sanction order of September 14, 2020.
According to the anonymous criminal order of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, which is also available to the Keystone-SDA news agency, the woman tried to blackmail Berset for 100,000 francs through personal correspondence between her and Berset and with photos from the Federal Council. What exactly the woman threatened to bring to the public in the event of default cannot be determined from the text passages of the sanction order that are crossed out here.
EDI: “You can’t blackmail Berset”
Peter Lauener, a spokesman for the Federal Department of Internal Affairs (EDI), said Saturday night at the request of the Keystone-SDA news agency that the subject of the extortion attempt was “false and defamatory claims” about Berset’s private life. eight years ago.
There are no catchy photos or other information that could incriminate the Federal Council. “Federal Councilor Berset cannot be blackmailed,” Lauener continued. As a Federal Councilor, he is unfortunately the victim of criminal acts repeatedly.
According to the sanction order, the objective fact of extortion was not fulfilled and an extortion attempt continued. The woman subsequently refrained from claiming money and described her own claims as incorrect. He returned the documents to the Federal Council. In writing, the woman agreed that this data should be removed from electronic devices.
The “Weltwoche” criticized the fact that the Federal Prosecutor’s Office apparently judged the existing data to be so serious that they immediately erased it.
BA said at a request Saturday night that BA did not provide any further information beyond the content of the sanction order. The BA made the final sanction order available.
