# Austrian tycoon Rene Benko sentenced to two years for fraud

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- DW, 2026-11-05 20:38 UTC
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- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-tycoon-rene-benko-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison-for-fraud/a-79870056?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> An Innsbruck court sentenced businessman Rene Benko to two years in prison for defrauding €5 million from industrialist Hans Peter Haselsteiner’s private foundation. Benko was acquitted of hiding an €80,000 luxury rifle from creditors and had already been convicted in two earlier cases.