Benko Wants His First Criminal Trial to Be Conducted in Vienna

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René Benko's lawyer has requested that – should the first prosecution become final – not in Innsbruck, but in Vienna.

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Signa founder René Benko has received a first indictment in the Causa Signa for fraudulent Krida. He is accused of having postponed assets in the course of insolvency – according to WKStA, the damage amounts to 660,000 euros, with convictions threatening up to ten years imprisonment. AUSTRIA. The first indictment against René Benko, the founder of the insolvent Signa empire, is legally valid. As the Innsbruck Regional Court confirmed to the APA …

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Former real estate tycoon and Signa founder René Benko must be responsible for the accusation of the fraudulent Krida. He is said to have withdrawn assets from the access of his creditors.

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The first indictment against former Signa chief René Benko for fraudulent Krida is now final. Benko's defense did not file an appeal within the prescribed period, the Innsbruck Regional Court informed.

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The charges against Benko had been brought in Innsbruck, but his lawyer has now submitted a request that the main trial for the first criminal trial should take place in Vienna.

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The first criminal trial for René Benko could take place in Vienna. According to a report by the daily newspaper "Der Standard", his lawyer Norbert Wess requested that a major trial not be held in Innsbruck but in Vienna. A spokesperson of the Supreme Court (OGH) confirmed this to the newspaper. The prosecution against Benko had been filed at the criminal court in Innsbruck in mid-July, and is not yet legally valid.