German prosecutors have filed aggravated fraud charges against Martin Winterkorn, the former chief executive of Volkswagen, and four other unnamed managers for their involvement in the emissions-cheating scandal.
The charges, filed by the public prosecutor’s office in Braunschweig in a 692-page indictment, are the first criminal charges brought in Germany against any individual in connection with the diesel scandal which came to light in 2015 but which is alleged to have started as far back as 2006.
