Germany charges six Volkswagen employees over diesel ‘fraud’
Eleven people have now been charged over ‘dieselgate’, in which rigged software manipulated emissions in VW diesel-powered vehicles
14 January 2020 - 16:59
Frankfurt am Main — German prosecutors said on Tuesday that they have charged three Volkswagen (VW) managers and three employees with fraud as part of their investigation into the huge “dieselgate” emissions-cheating scandal.
Brunswick prosecutors accuse the six of knowingly duping customers in Europe and the US into buying diesel cars rigged with “illegal software” to make them seem less polluting than they actually were...
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