Lawyer of the Republic

“Benko is no longer even allowed to open his mail”

It was the first to officially demand claims from the former billionaire René Benko: the Financial Procurator's Office under its head Wolfgang Peschorn. Since then, the former real estate tycoon has been stripped of his assets step by step: Now he is also personally bankrupt and must disclose everything that belongs to him. The "Krone" asked Peschorn what will happen next and whether Benko will still be able to escape the rigors of justice.

"With the insolvency, he is not even allowed to open his mail," Wolfgang Peschorn explains the extent to which René Benko has to accept a guardian in everyday matters. No access to the accounts, now the insolvency administrator rules. A corporate pyramid with more than a thousand individual companies is tottering precariously.