German prosecutors indict VW bosses over emissions scandal
Executives to be charged with stock market manipulation
24 September 2019 - 18:24
Frankfurt — German prosecutors are pressing criminal charges against the CEO, chairman, and a former CEO of Volkswagen, saying they intentionally delayed telling investors about the carmaker’s cheating of US diesel emissions tests.
Prosecutors in the city of Braunschweig said on Tuesday they aimed to charge Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess, chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch and former CEO Martin Winterkorn with stock market manipulation...
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