Had he been away from real operations for too long?
The police said he was not making money from the operation.
It also lost $50.2 million from operations in the year.
In 1999, about 60 percent of its sales came from international operations, the company says.
The company said much of its increase in sales during the year came from international operations.
Work done in 2010 was €23.23 billion, with more than 80% coming from operations outside Germany.
Between 1975 and 1987, the company grew from a $25,000-a-year operation to a more than $8 million business.
The company's revenue from its foreign operations was down 7.5 percent.
But income from operations rose just 5.6 percent, to $492 million.
About 60 percent of its revenue came from foreign operations.