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So now it’s finally up to the Zurich District Court: the prosecution in the Vincenz case, one of the largest white-collar crime cases in recent history. In other words, the Zurich prosecutor’s office, which specializes in economic crimes, filed charges against former Raiffeisen boss Pierin Vincenz on Tuesday (64). The other main defendant is Beat Stocker (60), former head of the credit card company Aduno.
The two have reached some agreements with each other, not always with fair means, as the prosecutor believes. Commercial fraud, embezzlement, document forgery and passive bribery are accused of the two main defendants.
Long prison terms and millions of dollars returned
Those are the strong accusations. BLICK uniquely knows that not only are the allegations steep, but also the required sanction. VIEW was able to speak to people who knew about the allegation.
And says: Pierin Vincenz he is supposed to be imprisoned for six years. In addition, the public prosecutor demands the return of 9 million francs on the so-called added value generated dishonestly. In other words: the unfair gains made.
too Beat stocker he would like to imprison the prosecutor for six years, even demanding 16 million francs in return.
Others should pay too
But the two main defendants are not alone, the prosecution outlines a system that shows the self-service mentality of some managers also in other defendants.
According to the indictment, Investnet’s founders face a two-year suspended prison sentence. Both will also repay CHF 12.5 million each. For the sale of Investnet, the finance company for SMEs, the two founders of the company received 20 million Swiss francs from Raiffeisen in 2011.
But apparently other deals were also being cheated, including the sale of Eurocaution and Genève Credit & Leasing (GCL) Aduno. Stocker was involved in Eurocaution, supposedly both Stocker and Vincenz at GCL. The prosecutor believes that the two should have profited from the sales.
Received too much
But his business partners also benefited from the sales according to the indictment. Therefore, the former main shareholder of Eurokaution will be partially sentenced to 2.5 years in prison. In addition, the employer should return 1.8 million francs.
And it is said that the president of CGL got too much from the sale of the company. Therefore, for the prosecutor it is clear: the Geneva real estate businessman will be conditionally punished with 2 years and sentenced to a refund of 16 million Swiss francs.
Even if charges and sentences are pronounced, the presumption of innocence applies to all suspects until a final trial is reached.
