SEC Investigating BMW Over Sales Practices
December 23 2019 - 4:51PM
Dow Jones News
By William Boston in Berlin and Mike Colias in Detroit
BERLIN -- The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an
investigation into German luxury car maker BMW AG, a company
spokesman said on Monday.
The SEC is looking into the Munich-based auto maker's sales
practices in the U.S. to determine whether the company engaged in a
technique known as sales punching, according to people familiar
with the matter.
Sale punching occurs when a company boosts sales figures by
having dealers register cars as sold when the vehicles actually are
still standing on car lots.
"We have been contacted by the SEC and will cooperate fully with
their investigation," the spokesman told The Wall Street Journal,
declining to elaborate further on the investigation.
The SEC couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 23, 2019 16:36 ET (21:36 GMT)
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