The former Volkswagen chief and four others must stand trial over fraud charges for their alleged role in the scandal that has already cost the carmaker more than €30 billion in fines. Winterkorn denies any wrongdoing.
Volkswagen’s former chief executive Martin Winterkorn will stand trial over the car giant’s “dieselgate” scam, a German court said Wednesday.
“The chamber has determined that there is sufficient suspicion, that is, an overwhelming possibility of conviction, of the accused Professor Doctor Winterkorn for commercial and organized fraud,” the regional court in the city of Braunschweig said in a statement.
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