He has been charged with fraud (Betrug) and causing false entries to be made in public records (mittelbare Falschbeurkundung) [1]. This is not surprising, beca

He has been charged with fraud (Betrug) and causing false entries to be made in public records (mittelbare Falschbeurkundung) [1]. This is not surprising, because a hard requirement for pretrial detention [1] is that it is highly likely that the suspect committed a criminal offense [2]. The risk of either flight or obstruction of justice is an additional requirement on top of him being a suspect. [1] http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/audi-chef-rupert-stadler-festgenommen-a-1213533.html http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/audi-chef-ruper... (in German) [2] https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stpo/englisch_stpo.html#p0865 https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stpo/englisch_st...