Overview

• On June 26 the Vienna Regional Court extended Benko’s pre-trial detention, citing urgent suspicion of serious crimes and risk of further offenses.
• The Economic and Corruption Prosecutor’s Office suspects him of breach of trust, fraud and criminal bankruptcy tied to the €2.4 billion collapse of Signa Group.
• Investigators have opened new lines of inquiry into alleged asset concealment through offshore structures and family foundations depriving creditors and insolvency administrators.
• Authorities are examining whether a million-euro payment from a Signa entity to a Benko-linked family foundation violated financial regulations.
• The court must revisit his detention status within two months as prosecutors prepare potential indictments.