Swiss attorney general takes over suspected RUAG MRO fraud probe

The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has taken over the criminal investigation into the case of alleged fraud at RUAG MRO, a Swiss military technology firm. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A former RUAG MRO executive is suspected of having sold tank parts causing losses of tens of millions of Swiss francs. The OAG told the Keystone-ATS news agency on Friday that it had taken over the case from the Office of the Attorney General of canton Bern, confirming a report in the newspapers of the German-language CH-Media group. The office was unable to provide any further information due to the recent resumption of the investigation. According to a report by the Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO), a former executive of RUAG MRO in Valais embezzled military equipment over several years with the help of his wife and a German intermediary. Transactions involving Leopard I battle tanks may have resulted in losses of several tens of millions of Swiss ...