In the current edition of the Journal for Commercial and Financial Criminal Law (ZWF - publisher Linde) attorney Dr Vanessa McAllister discusses the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice on the "Salzburg financial scandal", in which the Supreme Court confirmed the convictions for breach of trust (Art 153 Austrian Criminal Code). Is the Supreme Court's point of view convincing that public interests have to be excluded in the assessment of criminal liability concerning the decision to assume the city's swap contracts?