So say authorities in Munich, who've done another pass through Siemens offices. Two additional warrants were subsequently issued...

At the time of this writing the names on those warrants are unknown, but Siemens did suspend another employee yesterday (following their suspension of Johannes Feldmayer on Tuesday) and it is assumed that person's name is one one of the warrants. The second warrant is apparently in the name of a former employee who left Siemens late last year.

Could it be that Siemens' former finance chief and a former member of its supervisory board, Karl-Hermann Baumann might be the former employee of interest to authorities? It is known that Baumann has been suspected for some time of having connections to the AUB bribery investigation that felled Mr. Feldmayer. Baumann is already under suspicion for breach of trust in connection with the AUD matter.

Meanwhile, back at Siemens HQ, its sweaty brows and clammy palms all around... What else can you expect when three out of four of your recent candidates for CEO are currently under investigation by highly motivated prosecutors. It tends to case a pall over the company picnic.

-- MDT

Labels: bribery, investigation, Johannes Feldmayer, Karl-Hermann Baumann, Siemens