Pelican Parts Forums - Techart being shut down pending law suit????

"3 Engine prototypes have been stolen out of Porsches development center, 2 conventional engines and one "engine of the future". The parts have been found in the Techart garage. four people are in jail, two leasing-managers of porsche, and two customers. Porsche now sues Techart for theft, Techart says they bought the stuff with a bill and thought everything was ok, but found out, that the engine wasn´t the promised 997 Turbo engine, but something else (they were fascinated), so they gave it back to the dealer, and it was found there. If it´s true, Techart will be out of the buisness, because Porsche never delivers parts to someone who did something "strange" with them....Right now, the only facts are, the engines disappeared, popped up at Techart......that´s it."

http://jalopnik.com/cars/news/stolen...age-265767.php

Porsche Crime Blotter for June 3, 2007

> Last week, four 911 and 911 Turbo engines, and a variety of racing
> parts, turned up missing (how exactly does something "turn up
> missing"? Is that like "falling between the cracks"? That means -- it
> didn't land in the cracks) in Weissach. The engines included a
> top-secret experimental Turbo engine, with the latest technology for
> higher power and reduced emissions and fuel consumption. This engine
> was signed out of the parts warehouse in Weissach, and transported
> down the hill to the racing department. All paperwork was in order:
> engine checked out, picked up by the company-internal courier truck,
> delivered to the racing department about a half mile down the hill,
> signed in... but despite an intensive search, the engine could not be
> found.
>
> There were raids and the homes of suspected Porsche "leasing
> employees" (contract employees, outside hires, temps, whatever you
> want to call them) were searched. They picked up the trail, and on
> Thursday, "about a hundred" people from the police and state Attorney
> General's office raided the firm "TechArt" in Höfingen, where all the
> stolen items were found.
>
> The status as of Saturday: four Porsche workers (presumably outside
> contractors hired to serve racing teams), in other words not "real"
> Porsche employees, are in jail pending an investigation. The
> management of TechArt was not arrested, since they admitted to
> everything

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Official Techart Press Release

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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
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Mark @ TECHART N.A.
www.techart.de
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