Matthias Kopetzky

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Matthias Kopetzky (born February 10, 1962 ) is an Austrian expert and economic forensic scientist who became known through his activities in various criminal proceedings in the media.

education

After completing his school career, Matthias Kopetzky studied business administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business from 1984 to 1989 and completed a doctorate in economics from 1995 to 1997 at the University of Vienna .

Kopetzky is a sworn and court-certified expert for cost accounting, bookkeeping, company valuation and corporate management.

job

After working in business for the first time, Kopetzky started working as a consultant in a tax consultancy firm in 1995, where he gained his first experience of working in the field of economic experts.

In 1998, Kopetzky switched to self-employment and, together with a partner, set up an expert office for the economic sector, which the Austrian judiciary engaged in numerous large-scale proceedings. Kopetzky has also worked in numerous international consulting functions since 1998. Since 2003 he has been an advisor to a capital market consultancy and since 2014 has been involved in a company specializing in forensic activities.

In addition to his work as an expert, Kopetzky works as a management consultant and board member in the Bank für Gemeinwohl project.

As a part-time job, Kopetzky has agricultural activities in the city of Vienna and manages 80 bee colonies in urban areas with his city beekeeping.

Teaching activities

Kopetzky is a regular speaker in the field of white-collar crime. Since 1998 he has been teaching at various universities, for example at the Wiener Neustadt University of Applied Sciences and the Vienna University of Applied Sciences of the WIFI .

In addition, he contributes to various further training institutions such as B. Business Circle or the Academy for Internal Auditing and is involved in police training on white-collar crime.

Act as an expert

Kopetzky was active in numerous media present cases and is one of the busiest book experts in Austria. In the following, media-present procedures of the last few years are presented.

Krida allegations against Mirko Kovats

The bankruptcy of the large discotheque A2 Südpol in Shopping City Süd in the 1990s led in 2007 to proceedings against the prominent entrepreneur Mirko Kovats around the question of the fraudulent Krida, in which Kopetzky was active as an appraiser. The proceedings were discontinued in 2009.

Imperial affair

Since 2001 Kopetzky has worked as an expert on allegations of infidelity to the imperial group of the entrepreneur Faramarz Ettehadieh , which led to media reports in 2007. Because of the decline in the value of investment products of the Imperial Financial Group, there had been repeated lawsuits against the company and the entrepreneur Ettehadieh since 2001, which were also discussed in the media.

One process ended in 2008 with an acquittal and the investigation was finally closed in February 2016. Against the background of the acquittal, Kopetzky and his partner, the expert Martin Geyer , were obliged to pay damages in court proceedings.

Welldorado process

The Welldorado trial dealt with the suspected embezzlement of approx. 400,000 euros since 2006 by an employee of the Wels spa and bathing facility Welldorado . Kopetzky acted as an expert in the preliminary investigation and the subsequent court hearing. In the course of the investigation, Kopetzky's lack of support from the Wels authorities was criticized. The proceedings ended in 2016 and a. with convictions.

Partial privatization of Österreichische Post AG

In connection with the partial privatization of Österreichische Post AG in 2006, a commission payment of 350,000 euros by the investment bank Raiffeisen Centrobank , which was involved in the IPO , to Valora AG, which was involved in various corruption cases, was made known by entrepreneur Peter Hochegger, who was involved in numerous affairs . In an expert report, Kopetzky established further financial flows to a sub-company, at which u. a. the former Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser was involved and found that it could not have provided any services. The investigation against Grasser was closed in 2017.

Holiday Inn affair

In 2016, criminal proceedings against the entrepreneur Walter Meischberger, who was in the vicinity of former Finance Minister Grasser , resulted in an unclear commission payment of 600,000 euros for the purchase of the Holiday Inn hotel in Munich. Meischberger a commission had to to in 2005 Porr Group is part of the acquiring company UBM charged, even though the purchase was completed in the year of 2003. Kopetzky carried out expert investigations on this and assumed that the actual background of the payment was a connection with bribes relating to the simultaneous renting of customs departments of the Ministry of Finance on the premises of the Porr Group. The proceedings ended in an acquittal in case of doubt.

Telecom affair

In the context of the Telekom affair , Kopetzky worked extensively as an expert in cooperation with his law firm partner Martin Geyer and examined financial flows for consulting services, lobbying activities and suspected party financing. The expert Georg Jeitler , who specializes in consulting services, was also involved in the proceedings . In some cases, requests for partiality were made against the experts, but these were rejected by the court.

The various proceedings ended with convictions and the like. a. against the defendants Rudolf Fischer , Peter Hochegger , Klaus Wittauer and Gernot Rumpold .

Novomatic affair

The attempt to soften the gaming monopoly in 2006 became known as the Novomatic affair surrounding Karl-Heinz Grasser , which would have resulted in advantages for the Novomatic machine group and Telekom Austria , which had already drawn up plans for a joint project. Walter Meischberger , Grasser's best man, had received 465,000 euros from Novomatic and passed it on to a company in which Grasser was involved. In his investigations, however, Kopetzky could not find any direct cash flow to Grasser. The preliminary investigation was closed in 2017.

Tetron affair

In 2015 Kopetzsky was under the commonly called blue-light radio affair known Tetron affair involved, in which the recoverability of these consulting services in the lobbying area by the accused Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly examined. In the course of the proceedings, Kopetzky alleged bias, but the court did not confirm this. The trial ended in convictions.

Volksbank special investigation

In 2015 Kopetzky carried out a special investigation for Österreichische Volksbanken AG , the findings of which became known in the media. Kopetzky noticed various irregularities in business conduct.

Others

Criticism of legislative changes in 2015

In the run-up to the adjustment of value limits in criminal law in 2016, Kopetzky appeared in the media and clearly criticized the plans of the ÖVP Minister of Justice Wolfgang Brandstetter .

Private

Matthias Kopetzky is married and has three children. He lives and works in Vienna.

Publications

  • with JT Wells: Handbook of White Collar Crime in Enterprises: Awareness and Prevention . LexisNexis-Verlag ARD Orac, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7007-3449-2 .
  • Standard special examination . In: Zeitschrift Internal Revision , 45 (5), 2010, p. 211.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g CV of Dr. Matthias Kopetzky on the Bank für Gemeinwohl website (Web-Memento). August 3, 2018, accessed August 3, 2018 .
  2. ↑ SDG list of the Federal Ministry of Justice - entry for Dr. Matthias Kopetzky. Retrieved August 3, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Beekeeping in the city: There is a buzzing on the roofs of Vienna - derStandard.at. Retrieved August 3, 2018 .
  4. ^ Regional media Austria: District beekeeping Vienna: Each district has its own honey . In: mein district.at . ( mein district.at [accessed on August 3, 2018]).
  5. ^ Seminar The Compliance Investigator at Business Circle. Retrieved on August 3, 2018 (German).
  6. ↑ A lot of money and a lot of power: Dream job as an expert? In: trend.at . August 19, 2014 ( trend.at [accessed August 3, 2018]).
  7. ↑ White-collar crime: "Sloppiness, but not fraud" . In: The press . ( diepresse.com [accessed August 3, 2018]).
  8. ^ Discotheque bankruptcy: Krida trial against Kovats suspended . In: The press . ( diepresse.com [accessed August 3, 2018]).
  9. ↑ Krida trial against Mirko Kovats discontinued - derStandard.at. Retrieved August 3, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Affair: Built on sand . In: profil.at . April 5, 2007 ( profil.at [accessed on August 3, 2018]).
  11. ↑ Imperial: Regional Court Linz is investigating companies and against Dr. Ettehadieh a . In: OTS.at . ( ots.at [accessed on August 3, 2018]).
  12. ↑ Imperial: Court experts were sentenced to compensation for incorrect reports . In: OTS.at . ( ots.at [accessed on August 3, 2018]).
  13. ^ A b Upper Austrian news: Welldorado: Magistrate slowed down investigations . ( nachrichten.at [accessed on August 3, 2018]).
  14. ↑ Oberösterreichische Nachrichten: Welldorado process must be extended . ( nachrichten.at [accessed on August 3, 2018]).
  15. ^ Upper Austrian news: Welldorado trial: two guilty, two acquittal . ( nachrichten.at [accessed on August 3, 2018]).
  16. ↑ Karl-Heinz Grasser: Noticeable commission payments around post-privatization 2006 . In: profil.at . July 12, 2014 ( profil.at [accessed on August 3, 2018]).
  17. ^ Post-Causa: Investigations against Karl-Heinz Grasser stopped . In: trend.at . July 21, 2017 ( trend.at [accessed on August 3, 2018]).
  18. ^ Wiener Zeitung Online: "Now to have a beer with me" . In: Chronik - Nachrichten - Wiener Zeitung online . ( wienerzeitung.at [accessed on August 3, 2018]).
  19. ↑ kid.moechel: Clarification of the legendary question: "Where woar mei achievement?" ( kurier.at [accessed on August 3, 2018]).
  20. ↑ Meischberger acquitted in case of doubt . In: The press . ( diepresse.com [accessed August 3, 2018]).
  21. ^ Upper Austrian news: Live ticker from the Telekom trial: "Partly guilty" . ( nachrichten.at [accessed on August 3, 2018]).
  22. ↑ news networld Internet Service GmbH: Telecom Trial - No judgment today . In: news.at . February 22, 2013 ( news.at [accessed on August 3, 2018]).
  23. ↑ Five years imprisonment for Broker Wanovits . In: news.ORF.at . May 22, 2013 ( orf.at [accessed August 3, 2018]).
  24. ↑ kid.moechel: Hochegger: € nine million bills . ( kurier.at [accessed on August 3, 2018]).
  25. ↑ a b Telekom: Expert tears apart Rumpold concepts . In: The press . ( diepresse.com [accessed August 3, 2018]).
  26. ↑ In 2004 Karl-Heinz Grasser flew home from golf in a business jet: Telekom Austria paid . In: profil.at . August 23, 2014 ( profil.at [accessed August 3, 2018]).
  27. ↑ Reviewers tracked cash flows . In: news.ORF.at . September 14, 2013 ( orf.at [accessed August 3, 2018]).
  28. ^ Oe1.orf.at: Telekom-FPÖ-Prozess: Waiting for judgment . In: oe1.orf.at . ( orf.at [accessed on August 3, 2018]).
  29. ^ Causa Telekom: Advertiser does not plead guilty . ( noen.at [accessed on August 3, 2018]).
  30. ^ New judgments in the Telekom stock affair . In: The press . ( diepresse.com [accessed August 3, 2018]).
  31. ↑ www.heute.at, Today: Final judgments for Rumpold and Hochegger . In: heute.at . ( heute.at [accessed on August 3, 2018]).
  32. ↑ Novomatic: Was Grasser bought? In: The press . ( diepresse.com [accessed August 3, 2018]).
  33. ↑ Justice discontinues Causa gambling against Grasser . ( kurier.at [accessed on August 3, 2018]).
  34. ^ Mensdorff process: "Not interested in unnecessary work" . In: The press . ( diepresse.com [accessed August 3, 2018]).
  35. ^ Tetron trial: interrogation of the accused started - derStandard.at. Retrieved August 4, 2018 .
  36. ^ Wiener Zeitung Online: Blue light radio defendants defend payment of millions . In: Wirtschaft Österreich - Wiener Zeitung Online . ( wienerzeitung.at [accessed on August 4, 2018]).
  37. ↑ Fischer and Mensdorff-Pouilly testified in the Tetron trial . In: salzburg24.at . ( salzburg24.at [accessed on August 4, 2018]).
  38. ↑ ricardo.peyerl: "Count Ali" back in court: "Only success counts" . ( kurier.at [accessed on August 3, 2018]).
  39. ↑ ÖVAG expert tears apart consultancy contracts - derStandard.at. Retrieved August 3, 2018 .
  40. ↑ Massive criticism of the softening of the infidelity determination - derStandard.at. Retrieved August 3, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Kopetzky, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian expert and economic forensic scientist
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1962