New indictment against Saab-tops – Göteborgs-Posten

Victor Muller, former chairman and major shareholder in Saab.

Finance Victor Muller and Jan-Ake Jonsson prosecuted again for serious economic crime. Now comes the matter including suspected irregular payments of nine million to Muller.

Now prosecuted Saab Automobile’s former chairman Victor Muller, CEO Jan-Ake Jonsson and General Counsel Kristina Geers for serious evasion of tax and rough scam.

– this is the last indictment related to alleged offenses in Saab Automobile AB and it is my hope that the case can be put out to negotiations as soon as possible, says chief prosecutor Olof Sahlgren, in a press release from the Economic crimes Bureau.

All the defendants deny the charges.

the indictment concerns including compensation should have been paid to Victor Muller. According to the chief prosecutor, Saab will be carrying 18 payments totaling EUR 750 000 to both Muller and his wife. Payments are suspected to have been made, including “inadequate and untrue” invoices surface. Since Muller, Jonsson and Geers sat in Saab’s board during the time of the suspected offense, they are responsible for the errors. A bonus to Muller 156 800 euros will also be recorded incorrectly according to the indictment.

The trio also suspected to have provided “misleading” information to the media about Saab’s financial position during the period March 29 to April 5 2011, in connection with the vehicle manufacturer’s production was down. Saab is also suspected to have omitted important information in the annual report for 2010.

In February indicted trio Muller, Jonsson and Geer, along with two other people on suspicion of aggravated evasion of tax. January -Åke Jonsson is already additionally charged with gross misrepresentation while Kristina Geers also stands accused of gross misrepresentation and gross forgery.
The prosecution has its origins in an agreement with a Cypriot company, Duke Level – a deal that will have given around 31 million crowns to the then very hard pressed Saab.

the accused denied even to those suspicions.

Money is suspected to come from Antonov
According to the chief prosecutor Olof Sahlgren the agreement, and the bills that come from it, false. The agreement is a tripartite agreement in which none of the other two parties, according to the prosecutor, knows the deal. Cypriot police have also disputed that there is Duke Level signing the contract.
Money suspected to instead have come from the Russian financier Vladimir Antonov – banned by both the European Investment Bank, GM and the Swedish government to step in with money in Saab .
– I have not full proof, but much pointing to Antonov. We have email conversations where one writes that “Vladimir” would give us the money, that it found a “creative way” to raise money and that additional money coming from a “VA” explained Olof Sahlgren when the former indictment came in February.
the trial is expected to start early next year.