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Austrian Police Face Investigation After Escorting Fake Jeff Bezos

A paid Bezos double arrived by helicopter with three armed officers, prompting an internal disciplinary review and anti-corruption scrutiny over the police escort.

Summary by Ground News
If Jeff Bezos had turned up at your company’s biggest celebration of the year, you would probably know about it. At Haidlmair in Austria, guests were given quite a spectacle when a helicopter arrived carrying a man who looked every inch the Amazon founder, accompanied by three armed police officers, there was only one problem: it wasn’t Jeff Bezos.

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A company in Austria engaged for a celebration a Jeff Bezos doppelganger. He comes with a police escort. At the expense of taxpayers? The trouble is great – only one is happy.

·Munich, Germany
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As the highlight of a company celebration, a helicopter lands – with prominent crew at first sight. The Austrian anti-corruption authority is now investigating.

·Berlin, Germany
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At a celebration of the Haidlmair company, a double by Jeff Bezos appeared in August, accompanied by real police officers.

·Vienna, Austria
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The Austrian authorities have opened a disciplinary file and an anti-corruption investigation after it was discovered that three police officers guarded an impersonator of Amazon President Jeff Bezos during a private corporate event. The event occurred in the town of Micheldorf, in northern Austria, during the newspaper's report this Wednesday ... Continue reading "Scandal in Europe: Businessman paid a copycat of Jeff Bezos and simulated the sig…

·Concepción, Chile
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der Standard DE broke the news on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
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