Overview

• Judges in Innsbruck found Benko guilty of harming creditors over a €300,000 transfer to his mother but acquitted him over a €360,000 rent prepayment for a villa.
• The two-year prison term is unconditional, and time already spent in pre-trial detention will be credited as he remains in custody.
• The verdict is not yet final, and Benko’s defense signaled it will likely challenge the ruling on appeal.
• Prosecutors say the case is one strand of roughly 14 ongoing investigations tied to the Signa collapse, a group that encompassed more than 1,130 entities.
• Court testimony put Benko’s insolvency estate at about €900,000 against roughly €45 million in acknowledged claims, and the judge noted the €300,000 threshold that shapes sentencing and the need for deterrence.