The Dieselgate scandal reaches far and wide, and criminal charges filed by the United States is the latest challenged faced by former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn, according to Reuters. The indictment was filed in secret by the US Department of Justice in March, and was unsealed in a US district court last Thursday as the automaker held its annual meeting in Berlin. The company’s former CEO is charged with four felony counts including conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud and violating the Clean Air Act from ‘at least’ May 2006 through November 2015, following VW’s admission of using software to enable excess emissions while avoiding detection. Winterkorn officially announced his resignation as CEO in September 2015, though other senior executives who were on the company’s board of management at the time continue to serve in senior positions within the company. In a group-wide management restructuring, Herbert Diess succeeded Matthias Müller as group CEO and chairman of the board, while now also responsible for group development and research. Head of Audi in 2015, Rupert Stadler is now head of group sales. A lawyer for Winterkorn reached by Reuters did not respond when asked for acomment, while a Volkswagen… Read full this story
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