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Victor Muller is suspected of crimes
Updated 2015-03-10 11:51. Published 2015-03-10 09:18
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Victor Muller, former CEO of carmaker Saab, now suspected among other things, for gross evasion of tax. Self rejects his allegations. "I have absolutely nothing to hide and has not committed any crime," writes Victor Muller to Di.
Victor Muller, which is written in Mallorca, is suspected of including rough evasion of tax in Trollhättan during the years 2010-2011. It appears from the documents Economic Crime Authority has submitted to Vänersborgs District Court and signed by the chief prosecutor Olof Sahlgren.
Victor Muller, gives his views on the accusations of sms to Di:
"I have not received any complaints from the prosecutor so I have nothing to say except that I have not committed any criminal tax."
The investigation into suspected breaches of Saab Automobile has been running since 2012 and has dragged on. The core of the investigation is how Saab CEO Victor Muller got paid.
It was previously known that the former CEO Jan-Ake Jonsson and former General Counsel Kristina Geers is suspected of aggravated evasion of tax.
As di.se previously reported suspicions are connected to one million settlement that was paid to Victor Muller company in the Netherlands Antilles. The prosecutor has cracked down on to the money paid as consulting fees, and not as a salary, which meant that Muller escaped taxation in Sweden.
Victor Muller has requested that the court orders a public defender for him. It becomes a lawyer Hans Strandberg at the law firm Nordia who will represent him.
Hans Strandberg confirms that the essence of the inquiry is about the compensation in the form of consulting fees paid to Victor Muller.
"I can confirm. There is ongoing for a long time a tax dispute regarding this. This is what we know - that it comes evasion of tax. "
How does Victor Muller accusations?
"Everything has been absolutely correct in his view. His attitude is that the prosecutors' suspicions are entirely wrong. "
Now waiting for interviews with Victor Muller in Holland.
"Investigators will hold a hearing and it will take place in Holland. Victor Muller has taken a benevolent to participate in the hearing since safe for a year, "says Hans Strandberg.
Victor Muller confirms that he is sympathetic.
"Obviously I agreed to be interviewed. I have absolutely nothing to hide and has not committed any crime, "he wrote in a text message.
It was Di that 2011 could reveal that millions have gone from the bleeding Saab Automobile Victor Muller Annual Latin American Tug Holding to the former tax haven of Curacao in the Caribbean.
In previous issues of progress of the investigation has Crimes Bureau refers to the statement from the Dutch authorities delayed. Among other things, the prosecutor wanted to material after a raid in Holland in previously Saab owner Spyker.