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uuppsss!!! WTF!!!???
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Looks like two Porsche employees and two customers have admitted to a conspiracy to steal these engines. Their motive appears to have been financial. The thieves had been caught red-handed while delivering the stolen parts to a mechanic near Boeblingen. The parts had been reported stolen in late April.
That mechanic is well known for buying high-performance parts and installing them in vehicles for customers. In this case, however, they ended up at TechArt, who claim to have received them in error in response to a legitimate order. They also claim they returned all of them to the mechanic once they discovered their order had not been fulfilled correctly. The engines were never assembled at Techart nor fitted into any vehicle there.
However, the article does not state how much time passed between this discovery and the when the parts were eventually returned. Nor does it state if Techart made any attempt to document them in any way for e.g. illegal copies or reverse engineering purposes.
The local DA currently considers the case an instance of conspiracy, theft and dealing in stolen goods but not one of industrial espionage.
That mechanic is well known for buying high-performance parts and installing them in vehicles for customers. In this case, however, they ended up at TechArt, who claim to have received them in error in response to a legitimate order. They also claim they returned all of them to the mechanic once they discovered their order had not been fulfilled correctly. The engines were never assembled at Techart nor fitted into any vehicle there.
However, the article does not state how much time passed between this discovery and the when the parts were eventually returned. Nor does it state if Techart made any attempt to document them in any way for e.g. illegal copies or reverse engineering purposes.
The local DA currently considers the case an instance of conspiracy, theft and dealing in stolen goods but not one of industrial espionage.
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Official Techart Press Release
PRESS RELEASE
Comment on investigation in conjunction with
thefts committed by Porsche AG employees
Recently it has been reported that employees of the Porsche AG stole engines
and parts from the Weissach development center and offered them on the open market.
Among others, TECHART has been part of an investigation and has become subject
of numerous press reports.
TECHART comments on the facts as follows:
TECHART was offered one used Porsche 997 Turbo engine by a car dealer
located in Leonberg. TECHART purchased this engine with an official bill from that
dealer and in good faith.
However, on evaluation TECHART found out that the delivered engine was not identical
with the offered product and therefore returned the engine to the vendor. That engine was
confiscated by the German prosecution authorities at the facilities of that car dealer.
TECHART did not have any knowledge of the origin of this engine. Other information, which
have been released in some press reports are not true. Throughout the media it has been
reported that several engines were seized at the facilities of TECHART. This is also not true.
TECHART has been surprised by this occurrence. Of course, TECHART will fully contribute
to clarify all facts in this matter and to resolve all suspicions.
05.06.2007
TECHART Automobildesign GmbH
Phone: +49 (0)7152 9339-0
Fax: +49 (0)7152 9339-33
www.techart.de
Comment on investigation in conjunction with
thefts committed by Porsche AG employees
Recently it has been reported that employees of the Porsche AG stole engines
and parts from the Weissach development center and offered them on the open market.
Among others, TECHART has been part of an investigation and has become subject
of numerous press reports.
TECHART comments on the facts as follows:
TECHART was offered one used Porsche 997 Turbo engine by a car dealer
located in Leonberg. TECHART purchased this engine with an official bill from that
dealer and in good faith.
However, on evaluation TECHART found out that the delivered engine was not identical
with the offered product and therefore returned the engine to the vendor. That engine was
confiscated by the German prosecution authorities at the facilities of that car dealer.
TECHART did not have any knowledge of the origin of this engine. Other information, which
have been released in some press reports are not true. Throughout the media it has been
reported that several engines were seized at the facilities of TECHART. This is also not true.
TECHART has been surprised by this occurrence. Of course, TECHART will fully contribute
to clarify all facts in this matter and to resolve all suspicions.
05.06.2007
TECHART Automobildesign GmbH
Phone: +49 (0)7152 9339-0
Fax: +49 (0)7152 9339-33
www.techart.de
