René Benko Remains in Pre-Trial Custody: Investigations Against Signa Founder Widen

Rerouted millions of euros? U-liability extended for real estate pleitier. Indictment imminent.

In mid-March, a foundation of Benkos in Liechtenstein sold gold stocks worth more than 30 million euros. Investigators brought a new prison ground into play: danger of escape. While René Benko is in U-liability and is waiting for his next court date, the investigators are heading in a new, shining direction: 360 kilograms of gold, once buried in a Liechtenstein vault, could be the next piece of puzzle in an economic crime that is increasingly sh…

The court ruled that there was still an urgent suspicion of crime and a danger of crime. The U-liability was extended by two months. An investor's manager says that Benko "sucked us"

By 10 June at the latest, the competent court shall carry out a further detention review.

The former SPÖ boss Georg Dornauer had to resign as Tyrolean SPÖ boss because of a photo of a hunting trip. Now the investigation was stopped because of a possible violation of a gun ban for Dornauer. "The case is now over for me," says Dornauer.

Since January, the founder of Signa has been in pre-trial detention.