200 investigators in action: raid on Porsche – police investigates against top managers

04/18/2018

200 investigators in action raid on Porsche – Police investigate against top managers

REUTERS

Porsche headquarters in Zuffenhausen: raid on suspected fraud

In the exhaust gas scandal, prosecutors and emergency services of the Land Criminal Police Offices of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria search several objects of the car maker Porsche Show stock market chart, The investigations are directed against employees of Porsche AG on suspicion of fraud and criminal prosecution, as the prosecutor in Stuttgart announced on Wednesday. It is about possible manipulations of the exhaust gas purification of diesel cars.

A total of nearly 200 task forces searched ten objects for evidence, it said. “The three defendants are members of the Executive Board and one member of senior management of Porsche AG.” The third accused was no longer employed by Porsche AG. It remained open, if also company rooms of Porsche were searched.

The company said that the investigators had reviewed and secured documents. Porsche would cooperate fully with the authorities. This will now be next to Audi and Volkswagen also involved Porsche in the legal processing of the diesel scandal.

Of the exhaust scandal had in September 2015 at Volkswagen Show stock market chart began. The car company had admitted then that millions of vehicles had been equipped with software that enabled the full emission control only in test mode. On the road, the cars emitted significantly more pollutants. This plunged Volkswagen into a severe crisis. searches But there was also already at BMW Show stock market chart and Daimler Show stock market chart as well as the supplier Bosch.

At Porsche it had already been investigating in connection with the exhaust affair at Volkswagen given. In the fall of 2016, the company had begun a voluntary recall of the Macan model after doubts about the emission control system were raised. In July 2017, the then Federal Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) ordered a ban on registration of the Porsche SUV Cayenne with 3.0-liter TDI drive.

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