Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the criminal courts arbitrarily assessed the evidence and violated the presumption of innocence by accepting the complainant's version of the contract negotiations.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. The Federal Tribunal found the lower courts' evidentiary assessment sustainable and not arbitrary, and held that the conviction did not violate the presumption of innocence.
Extrahierte Begründung
The trial court could credit the directors' testimony despite some inconsistencies because their account was coherent on the decisive point, was supported by objective circumstances, and the appellant's version was implausible in light of the contract structure and the later addendum.