Prosecutor's office investigates against former BMW manager
A former manager of BMW is in the focus of the Munich public prosecutor. There is the initial suspicion on "bribes in the millions range".
The prosecution Munich I investigates against a former manager of BMW and eight other defendants. The initial suspicion of bribery, corruption in business dealings, infidelity and tax evasion, confirmed the authority of WirtschaftsWoche.
The then executive from the development department was able to influence development jobs at BMW according to information from WirtschaftsWoche. According to investigators, the man is said to have demanded bribes for orders from BMW service providers for years. The prosecution confirmed "bribes in the millions range". According to an insider, the manager should have collected at least 4.2 million euros within eight years. The BMW manager is said to have cashed the money, according to the insider on bogus bills for alleged engineering services of his own company. The service providers should have paid without consideration, because the man should have given them for BMW orders.
The public prosecutor's office says that it initiated the case after summoning another authority in the summer of 2016 and has already searched it several times. BMW confirmed the WirtschaftsWoche a search in-house. In addition, BMW said that the car maker dismissed the affected employees at the end of 2017. In addition, BMW did not want to comment on the case due to ongoing investigations.