Tax Saabotage: Swedish Economic Crime Authority To Question Muller

Bertel Schmitt
by Bertel Schmitt

Former Saab Chairman Victor Muller “will be called in to answer questions related to a Swedish inquiry into alleged tax offenses at the bankrupt carmaker,” Sweden’s Economic Crime Authority told Reuters.

When news spread last week that Muller will be called on the carpet, Victor took to his favorite mouthpiece, Saabsunited, and said it is not true:

“Nobody from the Swedish Authorities has ever tried to get in touch with me and I am sure they have my number so if they had wanted to, they would have certainly been able to do so.”

Katinka Wall, a spokeswoman at the Swedish Economic Crime Authority, told Reuters that Muller would be summoned as part of the wider investigation and that he is not being served as a suspect.

Bertel Schmitt
Bertel Schmitt

Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.

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  • Morbo Morbo on May 29, 2013

    Shame GM doesn't bring him on as CEO. He could finish the axe job that Rick Wagoner was even too incompetent to complete.

    • Asdf Asdf on May 29, 2013

      Victor Muller is probably not very happy about GM preventing him from selling SAAB cheap to the Chinese, so I suppose it's unlikely that he'd ever want to work at GM. If he did end up there, though, we all know what he would do - sell GM cheap to the Chinese. It's the only trick he knows. Though to be fair, GM will end up as Chinese Government Motors anyway, there's no need to involve Muller to make that happen.

  • Wmba Wmba on May 29, 2013

    "Katinka Wall, a spokeswoman at the Swedish Economic Crime Authority, told Reuters that Muller would be summoned as part of the wider investigation and that he is not being served as a suspect." Yah, shoor. And if Muller believes that, his middle names are Julian Assange. http://m.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/may/20/julian-assange-gchq-messages-extradition Those Swedes are yust so straightforward.

    • Mulled whine Mulled whine on May 29, 2013

      maybe she omitted the 'yet' on the end of her statement. In actuality, no one is currently being treated as a suspect. They are still information gathering.

  • Lorenzo Lorenzo on May 29, 2013

    The SAAB story is going on longer, but the Porsche-Volkswagen story was juicier, with a more convoluted plot, more interesting characters, and lots more intrigue. More chapters are coming in the former, but who knew a zombie story could be so dull?

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