He seems to be sure of his case: former VW boss Martin Winterkorn waived for another year on the statute of limitations of possible claims for damages against him. There is a warrant in the United States.
Martin Winterkorn
Monday, 21.05.2018
13:57 clock
Martin Winterkorn emphasizes for a long time, in the diesel affair to be aware of no wrongdoing. Now wants the ex-VW CEO in the case of possible claims for damages against him for another year, no prescription.
According to dpa information, he recently extended the so-called statute of limitations waiver until the end of May 2019. According to the Lower Saxony Minister of Economics Bernd Althusmann, who also sits on the Volkswagen Supervisory Board, any claims for compensation in the exhaust gas scandal are a current concern of the controlling body. They would not fail because of the statute of limitations, stressed the CDU politician.
Earlier it had become known that the US Justice wants to hold Winterkorn to account for fraud in the emissions scandal, There is already a warrant in the US against him. In addition, the prosecutors accuse him of conspiracy to violate environmental laws and Deception of the authorities in front. The “Focus” had recently reported that Winterkorn had assured Volkswagen in writing that he would waive prescription in the case of recourse claims.
Volkswagen announced: “The Supervisory Board is constantly examining whether claims for damages against former or acting members of the Management Board are secured and asserted in court.” In this question one orients oneself “solely and solely” on the welfare of the enterprise. Possible claims would be examined without reservation and without regard to the person. According to the German Stock Corporation Act, claims for companies listed on the stock exchange at the time of a breach of duty expire in ten years.
According to earlier information from supervisory board circles, the world’s largest carmaker has no time limits to deal with the diesel scandal. Althusmann said, however, the Economic Committee of the Lower Saxony state parliament, he hopes that the investigation of the exhaust gas scandal will be completed in the current, but at the beginning of the coming year.
The authorities are also investigating in Brunswick
Not only in the USA is determined against winter grain. At the prosecutor Braunschweig run against him as well as against the new VW CEO Herbert Diess and Supervisory Board chief Hans Dieter Pötsch investigations for possible market manipulation, against Winterkorn also because of fraud.
Winterkorn resigned from his post as VW chief in September 2015, shortly after the US exhaust foul scandal involving millions of manipulated diesel cars was exposed by US authorities and researchers. He had stressed that he was not aware of any wrongdoing.