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The dieselgate black cloud hangs over Porsche
Dusseldorf-Wolfgang, do you still hear me? Wolfgang Matz, Chief Development Officer at Porsche, said: "Matthias Müller was not to be envied." what on forced leave. He wanted to know what would happen to him now.
"Mia, i moan, i muass, i must, i wui da do nothing vormacha, he, mia kennan not decide against the board of VW," said Müller in broad Bavarian. Hatz countered. He did not do anything. The "cracking software", which was turned off in the cleaning of the exhaust gases in diesel engines, but grown on the crap of the parent company.
Muller tried to calm down: "I moan, I just could not, I could just say song, ma ma believe or ned, i try to really knock out, yes ... But soboid do your name stop somewhere, then it just wants difficult. "To say goodbye to encouraging" Keep the nerve! ".
What Mueller did not suspect at that time: Wolfgang Hatz had quite strong nerves - strong enough to record the conversation. Hatz was on the phone in his car with Müller, his wife sitting next to him, cutting along on a smartphone. Later the public prosecutor's office found the audio files - now the Hatz discussions are part of the investigation files of the public prosecutor's office Munich II.
The phone calls are as entertaining as enlightening. What Volkswagen board members say about the diesel affair has usually been legally checked and softened by PR experts. Here the managers speak unprotected - and their words are crude. The fact that one recorded the other shows mistrust in the Group. In times of crisis everyone was himself the next one.
The participants do not want to comment on the process on request. They informed lawyers that they would not comment during the ongoing investigation into the diesel affair. Porsche was silent, too.The prosecutor Munich II leads Hatz today as an accused, significantly responsible for a massive fraud. The allegation refers to his time at Audi, where Hatz worked for a long time as head of aggregate development. Audi is considered as the germ cell of the diesel scandal. The practice of eliminating the cleaning of exhaust gases in road operation, should have been developed here. Oliver Blume-CEO Porsche "Director's statement" in the car
Hatz therefore had something to fear - and apparently decided to bolster his defense with illegal methods. Record phone calls without the knowledge of the other party and pass them on to third parties is generally not allowed.
But Hatz 'wife cut not only what VW boss Müller said, but also recorded talks of her husband with Porsche CEO Oliver Blume and Hatz' deputy Michael Steiner. Then she sent the files to her husband's lawyer.
"Here is a very long, but quite informative conversation on the current situation with useful formulations," wrote Ms. Hatz on November 22, 2015. "Mr. Steiner is the deputy of Wolfgang and the official enlightener of the diesel thing."
On the recordings not only the conversations of Hatz can be heard, but also the "directives" of his wife. Hatz should still ask Müller or Steiner, whispered Mrs. Hatz. She obviously saw herself as part of the defense.
But Hatz 'wife cut not only what VW boss Müller said, but also recorded talks of her husband with Porsche CEO Oliver Blume and Hatz' deputy Michael Steiner. Then she sent the files to her husband's lawyer.
"Here is a very long, but quite informative conversation on the current situation with useful formulations," wrote Ms. Hatz on November 22, 2015. "Mr. Steiner is the deputy of Wolfgang and the official enlightener of the diesel thing."
On the recordings not only the conversations of Hatz can be heard, but also the "directives" of his wife. Hatz should still ask Müller or Steiner, whispered Mrs. Hatz. She obviously saw herself as part of the defense.