Deal between friends?
Guess who wanted to buy Benko’s scandalous chalet
Excitement in the luxury ski resort of Lech: according to real estate insiders, a busy entrepreneur has been interested in taking over the scandal-ridden Chalet N in recent months. A sale would provide the Laura Private Foundation, which is regarded as the Benkos' bunker, with much-needed liquidity.
The six-star Chalet N had already made headlines when it was built twelve years ago and caused temporary legal repercussions. Later, the financial community took an interest in the noble hostel, which was officially run as a hotel, but is said to have primarily served René Benko, his family and his business associates as a place to stay.
Most recently, the Economic and Corruption Prosecutor's Office (WKStA) formulated the suspicion that fraud (1.2 million euros) had been committed in connection with corona funding. René Benko and his tax advisor are presumed innocent.
Benko's hunting friend
The name Siegfried Wolf is repeatedly mentioned in connection with Signa and Benko. It is said in real estate circles that the entrepreneur, who has excellent connections in the Arlberg and owns shares in the Strolz sports store, among other things, had his eye on the 38 million euro residence in Oberlech months ago and had expressed his intention to buy it. According to insiders, concrete talks were held with the Laura Private Foundation, which holds Chalet N and urgently needs liquidity. However, the Laura Foundation is currently firmly denying a sale to Wolf.
Sigi Wolf is considered a close friend of René Benko. Both were part of an elite hunting group that liked to go bear hunting in the Carpathians. At the Jägerball 2024, the 67-year-old revealed his view of Benko: "My friend sleeps well because my friend has done nothing wrong." Benko is currently sleeping in the Vienna-Josefstadt prison.
Wolf's network
Money from Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, in whose group Basic Elements the Austrian manager docked after his time at Magna, also keeps turning up with Wolf. Deripaska, who is probably hoping that US President Donald Trump will soon ease the sanctions, was only recently spotted in Vienna. He is known to like staying in a pretty palace in Elisabethstrasse, right next to Sigi Wolf's massive, late baroque house.
Wolf's entourage includes Stephan Zöchling, exhaust master at Remus, who also once worked for Deripaska. Zöchling recently attracted attention in the KTM AG reorganization proceedings, in which he tried to force his way in with media-supported elbowing.
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