OMV CEO: Insider-process on January27

People ♦ Published: December 2, 2010; 12:53 ♦ (Vindobona)

While the trial date for the CEO of OMV has already been set, many leading personalities express their trust in an open letter.

OMV CEO: Insider-process on January27 / Picture: © Flickr / European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

The Vienna public prosecution has confirmed the trial date against the CEO of the Austrian oil and gas group OMV. The indictment was made on November 17 on the grounds of previous investigations conducted by the Financial Market Authority (FMA); the process starts on January 27, 2011.

The accusation is insider trading based on the purchase of a stake of € 632,000 in March 2009…