Financial Time (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Heinrich von Pierer is being investigated for an administrative offence in the bribery scandal that hit the German conglomerate but he has escaped criminal charges
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Former Siemens CEO and supervisory board director Heinrich von Pierer could face potential consequences from the electronics giant for his role in a slush fund scandal. The German business daily "Handelsblatt" reports that the current supervisory board has been presented three instances of corruption in which von Pierer did not act correctly. There's no word if the cases would...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
MUNICH/HAMBURG (Reuters) - Prosecutors investigating suspected bribery at German engineering group Siemens said on Friday they have found no evidence to warrant criminal charges against former Chief Executive Heinrich von Pierer.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
MUNICH/HAMBURG (Reuters) - Prosecutors investigating suspected bribery at German engineering group Siemens said on Friday they have found no evidence to warrant criminal charges against former Chief Executive Heinrich von Pierer.
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
German prosecutors say there is not enough evidence to support a criminal investigation against the former chief executive of electronics giant Siemens. However, the Munich prosecutors' office said they would open an inquiry into whether Heinrich von Pierer and other company officials committed any misdemeanours for failing in their duty to supervise company affairs. If found guilty,...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
German prosecutors in Munich have said there is not enough evidence to warrant launching criminal proceeding against former Siemens CEO and supervisory board director Heinrich von Pierer. But Von Pierer and other former board members will face misdemeanor charges for alleged negligence. The current superivisory board is not affected by Friday's decision. The group has acknowledged...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Munich - German public prosecutors said Friday they had called off a criminal inquiry against a former chief executive of Siemens, the electrical and engineering group struggling to shake off a history of winning contracts by kickbacks. The prosecutors in Munich said there was no adequate evidence that Heinrich von Pierer, formerly one of the Germany's most powerful executives and an...
