The former Austrian Chancellor was given an eight-month suspended sentence after being found guilty of making false statements during an inquiry into alleged government corruption.
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00:00 Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been found guilty of making false statements.
00:07 Vienna's criminal court announced the verdict after four months of trial.
00:11 Kurz was charged with giving false statements in June 2020 to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption
00:17 regarding his role in setting up a holding company during his first term in government.
00:23 Once a rising star among conservatives in Europe, Kurz resigned in 2021
00:27 after he became the target of an investigation into suspected bribery.
00:31 He has left politics ever since.
00:34 (whooshing)