Presiding Judge Georg Olschak said he did not believe Strasser's defence that he thought the journalists were US secret agents whom the politician had wanted to expose.
Michael Steinberg was reportedly staying at hotels away from home because he knew FBI agents could be coming for him and he wanted to avoid upsetting the wife and kids.
The case involved a U.S. government informant working with agents to lead businessmen to believe they were working with a Gabon minister who wanted a bribe.
With this in mind, she and a hardworking team of change agents with a shared vision set out to create a safe place for business leaders who wanted to find ways to make a difference through their brands, to talk about how to do so within the context of their constraints.