Overview
- After nine months and 31 hearing days, the Landgericht Stuttgart discontinued the proceedings against ex‑executives Max Müller and Ipek Demirtas under §153a StPO.
- Müller agreed to pay €40,000 and Demirtas €17,500, and a third defendant had already settled in July with a €10,000 payment.
- The court said the case was formally ended with effect from October 20, and the resolution does not result in criminal records for the defendants.
- Prosecutors had charged insolvency delay, credit fraud, bankruptcy and breach of trust linked to Alno’s collapse in 2017.
- Alno’s insolvency cost more than 1,400 jobs and drew about €1.7 billion in creditor claims, while allegations of earlier insolvency remain unresolved.