The Laura Private Foundation, in which family assets of the insolvent are bumped by Signna founder René Benko, apparently continues to fight for liquidity. Now the emergency brake was also drawn in participation in a well -known Viennese Nobellocal – and the shares sold.
The renowned “Fabios” restaurant in the first district has not been part of the “Reich” of René Benko and his bankrupt Signa or her network of private foundations since 6 June 2025.
The Laura Foundation had 7.5 percent in the Nobel Italian, but the shares now went to the restaurant owner and majority owner Fabio Giacobello. As the magazine “Profile” reports online on Monday afternoon, Giacobello now contains 67.4 percent of the restaurant. The purchase price of the shares remained secret.
Benko received 650,000 euros shortly before bankruptcy
However, it is known that the Laura Private Foundation had personally acquired the share package in September 2023 and therefore shortly before the Signa bankruptcy at the end of November 2023-by Benko personally. The sum went directly to his private payment account.
The information about the money flows stems from a report from Soko Signna from the current investigation against Benko, reports “Profile”. From July to September 2023, Benko was also registered in the commercial register as co-partner of the operator company “Fabios”.
Also ex-first group boss and TPA
The second largest owner at Fabio Restoration Beitantigungs und-Betriebs GmbH is the former first group boss Andreas Treichl by 15 percent. According to the information, the “Liubisa-Family Privat Foundation” of the founder of the Trust Company TPA, Gerhard Nidetzky, who died this year.
Karin F., who has been working at TPA for decades, was the Tax Advisor of the Signa and also a board member in the now insolvent Benko Private Foundation family.
Source: Krone
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