René Benko: What the Signa Founder Faces in the Dock

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The signa is dead, Benko is in private concourse – yet the state, billionaires and sheiks are chasing his hidden wealth. How much private wealth has and had Benko – and where is it?

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In mid-July, the Public Prosecutor's Office for Economic Affairs and Corruption filed its first indictment against René Benko. In this podcast, we discuss what awaits the real estate juggler and what he might still be hiding.

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René Benko's lost Signa empire also affected dozens of insurers – in many places millions of investments had to be written off. But legally, only the Signal Iduna is against it so far. Their investment daughter Hansainvest, who had suffered massive shipwreck with Signa certificates, sued former Signa managers because they feel betrayed by them. Corresponding media reports confirmed a company spokesman against VWtoday. How do insurers, who have l…

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According to media reports, Hansainvest, the investment subsidiary of Signal Iduna, has filed criminal charges against former managers of the insolvent Signa Group, founded by company founder René Benko. The company claims it was defrauded because investment funds were not invested in agreed-upon projects but were instead diverted within the corporate conglomerate. Following the bankruptcy, Hansainvest suffered a loss of €60 million because it h…