Google German Exec Charged Over Telekom Austria Kickbacks

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Google Inc.’s sales director in Germany, Stefan Tweraser, was charged in Austria with receiving kickbacks for sponsorship deals he made while he worked at Telekom Austria AG.

Tweraser and three others are charged with breach of trust, the spokeswoman for Vienna’s state prosecutor, Nina Bussek, said today via telephone. The news was first reported by Format magazine in a pre-release of an article scheduled for publication tomorrow.