German Prosecutors File Further Charges in Volkswagen Diesel Case
January 14 2020 - 7:51AM
Dow Jones News
By Sarah Sloat
German prosecutors said Tuesday that they have charged six
further Volkswagen AG (VOW.XE) employees in connection with the car
maker's long-running diesel scandal.
Prosecutors in Braunschweig, near Volkswagen headquarters, said
the charges include tax evasion and fraud.
Investigators are "convinced that the defendants are largely
responsible for the fact that authorities and customers in Europe
and the U.S. were deliberately misled into thinking diesel emission
standards would be met" through the use of unauthorized software,
the prosecutors said in a statement.
Those charged worked at Volkswagen between November 2006 and
September 2015. A spokesman for the prosecutors' office said he
couldn't comment on whether or not they were still employed at the
company.
Volkswagen declined to comment immediately.
Volkswagen's diesel crisis erupted in 2015, when the car maker
admitted to having outfitted about 11 million of its diesel
vehicles globally with software that allowed them to sidestep
emissions tests.
Prosecutors in Germany are investigating a number of Volkswagen
employees in relation to the diesel issue. The crisis has cost
Volkswagen billions of dollars in fines, legal costs and product
fixes.
Write to Sarah Sloat at sarah.sloat@wsj.com
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