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Police raid Siemens offices over fraud allegations
After a few scattered rumors of an impending raid, police officers and prosecutors raided the offices of Siemens today in Munich, Germany. The raid follows allegations of fraud on the part of some Siemens' employees. "Certain Siemens employees have engaged in fraud," Siemens spokesperson Adreas Schwab said. "We are cooperating fully with the investigation." The nearly 200 officers, tax inspectors and prosecutors searched 30 offices and private homes in Munich and surrounding areas. No word yet on whether any Siemens executives were involved in the alleged fraud.
For more on the Siemens raid:
- see this article from the AP
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Posted by Anonymous | December 1, 2006 - 12:11pm
Maybe someone should look at the Nextone books it sounds like their story is similar to Siemens...but they have yet to get caught...
Posted by Anonymous | January 24, 2007 - 10:13am
And someone should look how Siemens got awarded their last contracts with BKV in Hungary; some percents of them are going to officials through one of the BKV consultant partners known as Metrober, and through a former head of Siemens Transport in Hungary now with another agency. German and French management of Siemens Transport know ...
