Ministry of Transport
Fraud investigations against Miles: Car sharing provider could lose millions in federal funding
Miles Mobility was founded in Berlin in 2016
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The car sharing company Miles Mobility is being investigated for parking fee fraud. The federal government recently announced funding of 1 million euros for the company. According to Capital information, no money has flowed so far
The investigation into Miles Mobility also poses a threat Funding of 1 million euros that the federal government has promised to the car sharing company. “There are clear requirements for eligibility for federal funding, including the existence of proper management,” said the responsible Federal Ministry of Transport in response to a request from the business magazine “Capital”. The Berlin public prosecutor’s office is currently investigating both of the company’s managing directors.
Did Miles cheat out of up to 30 million euros?
The ministry said that the funding had not yet been paid out to Miles Mobility. “Before a payment is made, the funding requirements are carefully checked by the project sponsor.” Specifically, it is a question of whether the federal government will actually support the company with 1 million euros for the purchase of electric cars, as previously planned.
The car sharing provider Miles is accused of defrauding the state of Berlin of parking fees of up to 30 million euros. It is about suspicion of “gang-related and commercial fraud and computer fraud, gang-related and commercial falsification of technical records and document suppression,” as the Berlin police announced last week. Miles is said to have manipulated the location data of the cars, on the basis of which the parking fees are calculated.
The Berlin State Criminal Police Office, the police in North Rhine-Westphalia and the Austrian police searched the offices of the provider and its affiliated companies and the apartments of the managing directors on behalf of the public prosecutor. Miles said they had cooperated fully and disclosed all requested data sets and documents to the investigating authorities.
This article appeared first at this point at “Capital”which, like star, belongs to RTL Deutschland.