Imtech has again been linked with corruption – Financieele Dagblad (Registration)

Imtech has again been linked with corruption – Financieele Dagblad (Registration)

Technical services provider Imtech is again associated with a corruption scandal in Germany. The German newspaper Bild and Handelsblatt and the weekly Der Spiegel reported Thursday that four employees of Imtech in 2012, would have been involved in a bribery scandal surrounding the construction of the new airport (Berlin-Brandenburg) in Berlin.

De Imtech employees would have a manager of the airport for millions bribed in exchange for jobs, reported Bild. Justice in Neuruppin town in the German state of Brandenburg is investigating the case since December last year.

German media talk about a “severe form bribery. According to business daily Handelsblatt in January the homes and offices of the suspects searched. At the senior official, who no longer works at the airport, in a safe, hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash found. Imtech is responsible for some of the technical facilities at the new airport and the construction of sprinkler systems to combat fires.

Not confirmed allegations

In a reaction Imtech stated to German media that the old order and ‘unconfirmed’ allegations go, but that the group will fully cooperate with the investigation. On the website of the technical service is a similar statement. The accusations have as Imtech covers the period from 2013, when the former management of Imtech Germany

was still in service. From my own research, Imtech is not revealed until now that the four employees have paid bribes.

No longer in service

In a statement a spokesman Imtech Thursday that the four parties, all managers, since approximately two years earlier employed by the listed installer from Gouda. They are then fired because of their involvement in irregularities committed in Germany and Poland.

On the edge of the abyss

The technical service in recent years has regularly been associated with bribery and corruption scandals, especially in Germany and Poland. Mentioned incidents have brought the company to the brink of collapse. The listed company has already taken much action to prevent recurrence, to the resignation of top managers in Germany and Poland, but nevertheless repeatedly reappear legacies on. “That is a reality we have to live, ‘says the website Imtech.

Share of min

The rumors about a possible involvement in the corruption affair did share Imtech Thursday 2.3% lower. Earlier in the day the price of the midkapper was still in positive territory.