Overview
- Landesgericht Innsbruck found René Benko guilty in a second case over concealing assets from creditors and imposed a 15-month sentence on probation.
- Judges acquitted Nathalie Benko after prosecutors alleged she helped arrange a safe at relatives’ home to store €120,000 in cash and 11 high-value watches.
- Investigators say they discovered the hidden safe behind a cardboard façade during a January 23 raid after a former bodyguard’s tip.
- Benko’s separate two-year prison sentence from October is not yet final, and any penalties will be combined later into one overall term.
- Benko has been in pre-trial detention since January 2025 as the WKStA continues multi-strand Signa investigations, with further charges expected.