The car maker Porsche is under pressure. The office of the public Prosecutor offices and private rooms of the employees searched. The allegation is: bribery and infidelity.
With 176 forces, public Prosecutor, tax police and the state office of criminal investigation Baden-Württemberg, in different locations of the VW subsidiary Porsche-and financial authorities searched.
According to the office of the public Prosecutor according to the previous investigation, an official of the group examination office Stuttgart during the operation up to the test of secret information to a tax consultant to Porsche AG in exchange for benefits accepted. It is determined therefore, due to the betrayal of official secrets and bribery
Ex-member of the works Council under suspicion
In addition, the suspicion that a former works Council to be a member to have been disproportionately paid high remuneration, there it was. Five of the Porsche employees, some managers, and in the other case of suspected tax Advisor might have in connection with, among other things, due to infidelity made an offence.
The former works Council itself does not belong to the accused. To which the works Council was, didn’t want to say to the spokesman for the Prosecutor’s office. A Porsche spokesman confirmed only the investigation. The company is cooperating “fully” with the authorities, said Porsche. To not want to the further Details of the car manufacturers respond.
The magazine “business week” reported that the former works Council Uwe Hück. This was in February in his Offices in the sports manufacturer’s laid down. According to “business week” it also came at Hück to searches.
lh/gri (dpa, afp)