Ex-Porsche CFO found guilty of fraud in VW bid

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Last Updated : Jun 04 2013 | 5:05 PM IST
Porsche's ex-finance chief has been convicted of fraud after a court found he provided false information during the German sports car marker's failed 2009 attempt to take over Volkswagen AG.
Former Porsche CFO Holger Haerter was fined an unspecified amount after being found guilty today by a Stuttgart state court, the DPA news agency reported.
Haerter was convicted of providing inaccurate information when he was working on refinancing French bank BNP Paribas' part of a 10 billion euro loan.
The ex-CFO had rejected the charges and his defense had argued for an acquittal; prosecutors wanted him to serve time in jail.
Haerter has also been charged, along with ex-Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking, with market manipulation over the failed Volkswagen bid. VW eventually turned the tables and took over Porsche instead.
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First Published: Jun 04 2013 | 5:05 PM IST

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