As if Refco doesn’t have enough of the world on its tail, the collapsed broker’s Austrian unit is suing the parent for making a move only days before the scandal involving former CEO Phillip Bennett broke. Refco Vienna has filed suit in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York against Refco, Bennett and the Bennett-controlled but non-Refco affiliated Refco Group Holdings, among about two dozen entities with the name Refco, claiming US$5.2 million of Refco Vienna’s funds were moved to the Bennett-run company. RV charges in its complaint that Bennett, former CEO Santo Maggio of Refco Capital Markets and the others “wrongfully and intentionally concealed the facts” when the millions were transferred just five days before news broke that Bennett had hidden $430 million in debt. The lawsuit charges that Maggio “induced” RV to transfer the funds to RCM, when in reality the money ended up in Bennett’s Refco Group. RV’s lawyer, Nicholas Kajon, told Bloomberg News that Bennett – who has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial – and the others “knew that if Refco Vienna had been aware of any of the key facts set forth in the October 10, 2005, press release, Refco Vienna would not have transferred the funds.”