The former Austrian Chancellor faces up to three years in prison for charges that he made false statements during a corruption inquiry into his government.
After twelve days of deliberation, a Vienna court has delivered its verdict on the trial of former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.
A judge convicted Kurz of making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry.
Kurz, who was once hailed as a "wunderkind" of the Austrian People's Party, resigned in 2021 following a separate corruption probe.
Prosecutors in the trial, which opened in October, accused the 37-year-old of giving false evidence in June 2020 during an inquiry regarding his role in setting up a holding company named OeBAG.
He is also being questioned over giving false claims in the same inquiry into appointing his former close confidant Thomas Schmid to a leadership position.
According to the Associated Press, a private copy of the indictment involves incriminating text messages on Schmid's phone.
Schmid has testified extensively as the prosecution's main witness on the case.
Kurz has denied the allegations and implied that the case has been influenced by politics.
Sebastian Kurz rose to power at the age of 31 with an anti-immigration platform as the leader of the People's Party.
Becoming Chancellor in 2017, he called for an early election after the resignation of his vice chancellor who was caught on video allegedly promising government contracts to a prospective Russian investor.
Kurz returned to power in a coalition with the Greens in early 2020 but resigned again in 2021 after he became the target of a second investigation into suspected bribery.
The case is the first time in 30 years that a former Austrian chancellor has stood trial.
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