WOLFSBURG (REUTERS/DPA/RTR) – The investigation into the emissiefraude at Volkswagen is being further expanded. Also current chairman of the supervisory board Hans Dieter Pötsch is now suspected of market manipulation in his time as financial director of the group, made the German carmaker Sunday known.
The German public prosecutor’s office is investigating whether former VW ceo Martin Winterkorn and merkendirecteur Herbert Diess have been found guilty of market manipulation. Investors would be too late of the discovery of the sjoemelsoftware in diesels from Volkswagen have been advised. After the scandal with the emissiefraude came to light, it lost share Volkswagen a large part of its value.
Volkswagen stated last Sunday that drivers are always to their obligation to provide information have held. The company and Pötsch will all cooperate with the investigation, according to VW.
Software
In september last year came to light that VW software used in diesel cars, causing the cars to emissietesten cleaner seemed than they actually are. Also a subsidiary of Audi, known later to have made use of software to better milieutesten to come.
Sunday, the German newspaper Bild that American researchers are another form of sjoemelsoftware have found in various cars from Audi. The group would use them in may have been discontinued, and would take several members of staff have been suspended in connection with the case.
EPA
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