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Austrian tycoon Rene Benko sentenced to 2 years in prison for fraud

Austrian businessman Rene Benko, who suffered a major fall from grace after his real estate empire, Signa Holding, went bust, was handed two more years in prison.

  • Austrian tycoon Rene Benko sentenced to 2 years in prison for fraud.
  • Benko found guilty of defrauding €5 million from industrialist Hans Peter Haselsteiner.
  • This is Benko's third criminal proceeding, following two previous convictions.

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