BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany — Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn went on trial Tuesday for his role in the 'dieselgate' scandal, nine years after the saga first plunged the German auto titan into crisis.
BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany — Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn went on trial Tuesday for his role in the 'dieselgate' scandal, nine years after the saga first plunged the German auto titan into crisis.VW admitted in 2015 that it had installed software to rig emissions levels in millions of vehicles worldwide, setting off one of Germany's biggest post-war industrial scandals.
He has been accused of conspiracy to commit fraud, with the allegation based on the claim that buyers of some of the group's vehicles were 'deceived about their characteristics' due to the use of defeat devices, according to the court.The alleged fraud relates to about nine million vehicles sold in Europe and United States, with the buyers facing financial losses running into hundreds of millions of euros, it said.
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