News Digest Item
18 Jun 2018

Audi CEO Stadler arrested over dieselgate scandal – report

Financial Times

Audi CEO Rupert Stadler has been arrested over allegations that he played a role in Volkswagen (VW) Group’s diesel emissions cheating scandal, the Financial Times reports, a week after Munich prosecutors raided his private residence. Stadler has served as Audi CEO since 2007 and has been on the board of VW group since 2010.

Read the article in English here.

For background, read the factsheet “Dieselgate” – a timeline of Germany’s car emissions fraud scandal.

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