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Martin Winterkorn, former CEO of Volkswagen, faces other litigation. Prosecutor Braunschweig determined because of Verdach … ts on tax offenses. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka
Source: dpa-infocom GmbH
Still in the crosshairs of the charge: Against Martin Winterkorn must be determined on suspicion of tax evasion. During investigations into the exhaust gas scandal, investigators noticed suspicious transfers to Switzerland.
B erlin (dpa) – Braunschweig Prosecutor's Office investigates former VW CEO Martin Winterkorn on suspicion of tax crimes
According to "Bild am Sonntag", this includes among other things, transfers made two years out of a total of about ten million euros of Swiss accounts. The newspaper reports investigative records, according to which the suspicion exists that taxes owed were not paid. Winterkorn's lawyer Felix Dörr rejected the allegations in the newspaper
Klaus Ziehe, spokesman for the prosecutor's office of Braunschweig, told Bild am Sonntag: "We will comment on the results after finishing the investigation, not before. " Sunday was the prosecutor for a notice can not be reached.
According to the press report, the proceedings started in 2017 initially with investigations by the Munich Public Prosecutor on suspicions of money laundering. As investigators suspected a connection with the VW diesel scandal, took over the prosecutor Braunschweig the process.The "Bild am Sonntag" reported further investigation records that Winterkorn 2016 and 2017, high amounts of money. one of his accounts at the Sparda Nuremberg Bank should have transferred a trust account from his tax advisor. From there, the money should have flowed into the deposits of the Vontobel bank in Zurich. It should have been a deposit under which Winterkorn's wife had been badigned. According to the newspaper, investigators suspect that part of the transfers would have been a gift for which more than half a million euros in gift tax would have been collected.
In a note, the prosecutor should have declared that moved to have a "nest egg". Due to the diesel business, Winterkorn is threatened with demanding high compensation from VW if it is shown that it has failed to meet its obligations.
Winterkorn's lawyer, Felix Dörr, told Bild am Sonntag: Winterkorn is completely free in the business of his fortune; It's his personal decision, how and by whom he manages his fortune. (..) After the evaluation of Dr. Ing's tax advisor. Winterkorn, this process is free from any tax claim. "
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