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Beat Stocker

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Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “2026: Substantive appeal — limitation defence, six-year sentence sought, Stocker requests acquittal” and “2025: Federal Supreme Court overturns procedural ruling and remits case for substantive appeal”.

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Profile No. 2099 · Updated on 13 October 2026

Portrait of Beat Stocker
7Documented controversies
9Sources
1 followed by a conviction

§ Legal statuses reflect the documented sources as of the date shown; they replace neither court decisions nor the presumption of innocence. Counts are not a rating. Methodology

I. Documented controversies

Case · 4 documented stages

2026: Substantive appeal — limitation defence, six-year sentence sought, Stocker requests acquittal

Conviction
01

10–19 August 2026; statut vérifié au 14 September 2026

2026: Substantive appeal — limitation defence, six-year sentence sought, Stocker requests acquittal

Conviction

At the 2026 appeal hearing, Stocker's lawyer argued, among other things, that the Eurokaution element was time-barred. Prosecutors sought six years' imprisonment, while Stocker and his defence sought acquittal; in his final statement, he said he had never intended to harm Aduno or Raiffeisen.

Sources · 2

  1. [1]
    SWI swissinfo.ch / Keystone-ATSL'avocat de Pierin Vincenz demande de classer l'affaireNews agencyHigh reliability
  2. [2]
    SWI swissinfo.ch / Keystone-SDAPierin Vincenz fordert Freispruch vor Zürcher ObergerichtNews agencyHigh reliability

Last verified: 14 September 2026

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04

13 April 2022

2022: First-instance sentence of four years' imprisonment and suspended financial penalty

Conviction (not final)

Zurich District Court sentenced Beat Stocker to four years' immediate imprisonment and a suspended penalty of 160 daily units of 3,000 francs. He was found guilty of, among other offences, fraud, aggravated criminal mismanagement and passive private-sector bribery; according to the first-instance account, the offences also included incitement to criminal mismanagement and breach of trade secrets.

State of the evidence
Established by a court
Attribution
Accused

Sources · 2

  1. [1]
    SWI swissinfo.ch / Keystone-ATSL'ex-patron de Raiffeisen Pierin Vincenz condamné à la prisonNews agencyHigh reliability
  2. [2]
    SWI swissinfo.ch / Keystone-SDAPierin Vincenz condannato a tre anni e nove mesiNews agencyHigh reliability

Last verified: 14 September 2026

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06

2006–2015

2006–2015: Undisclosed stakes in several Aduno acquisition targets and alleged private profits

Conviction (not final)

Prosecutors accused Stocker and Vincenz of holding undisclosed stakes in several companies, including Commtrain, Eurokaution and GCL, before their acquisition by Aduno. They assessed illicit profits attributed to Stocker across the disputed transactions at approximately 16 million francs.

Attribution
Directly implicated

Sources · 2

  1. [1]
    SWI swissinfo.ch / Keystone-ATSEx Ceo Raiffeisen Pierin Vincenz a processo da martedìNews agencyHigh reliability
  2. [2]
    SRFFall Raiffeisen und Aduno - Vincenz-Prozess: Darum geht es und so lange dauert erBroadcastHigh reliability

Last verified: 14 September 2026

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07

2005–2007

2005–2007: Undisclosed stake in Commtrain before its acquisition by Aduno

Conviction (not final)

As Aduno's CEO, Beat Stocker held, together with Pierin Vincenz, an undeclared stake in Commtrain before the card company acquired it. At trial, Stocker admitted not disclosing these shares to the board, while maintaining that the acquisition would have proceeded in the same way.

Attribution
Directly implicated

Sources · 2

  1. [1]
    SWI swissinfo.ch / Keystone-ATSProcès de l'ex-patron de Raiffeisen: indélicatesses dénoncéesNews agencyHigh reliability
  2. [2]
    SWI swissinfo.ch / Keystone-ATSEx Ceo Raiffeisen Pierin Vincenz a processo da martedìNews agencyHigh reliability

Last verified: 14 September 2026

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02

début 2025

2025: Federal Supreme Court overturns procedural ruling and remits case for substantive appeal

No legal proceedings

The Federal Supreme Court held that the indictment met legal requirements and that the grounds relied on by the Higher Court to return the case to prosecutors did not justify annulment. The case therefore had to return to the Zurich court for substantive review.

State of the evidence
Documented

Sources · 1

  1. [1]
    SWI swissinfo.ch / Keystone-SDAIl Tribunale federale ripristina la sentenza di Pierin VincenzNews agencyHigh reliability

Last verified: 14 September 2026

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03

February 2024

2024: Zurich Higher Court annuls first-instance judgment on procedural grounds

Civil / administrative proceedings

In 2024, Zurich Higher Court annulled the first-instance judgment following criticism of an excessively lengthy indictment and a translation problem affecting a co-defendant. The decision procedurally benefited Stocker and Vincenz.

State of the evidence
Documented

Sources · 1

  1. [1]
    SWI swissinfo.ch / Keystone-SDAPierin Vincenz a processo d'appello non prima del 2026News agencyHigh reliability

Last verified: 14 September 2026

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05

February–June 2018

2018: 106 days of pre-trial detention in Raiffeisen/Aduno investigation

Investigation

Stocker was remanded in pre-trial detention with Pierin Vincenz during the Zurich investigation, spending 106 days in custody before his release.

State of the evidence
Documented
Attribution
Accused

Sources · 1

  1. [1]
    SWI swissinfo.ch / Keystone-SDAIl Tribunale federale ripristina la sentenza di Pierin VincenzNews agencyHigh reliability

Last verified: 14 September 2026

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  1. Pierin Vincenz2 documented references

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