Rupert Stadler, CEO of Audi, one of the largest luxury car majors and part of the Volkswagen Group was arrested in Munich on June 18, 2018 in connection with the diesel scam that rocked Volkswagen and the automobile world in the second half of 2015.
According to various news agencies, Munich prosecutors investigating this scam had confirmed arrest of Stadler, 55. The authorities were investigating the role of Audi in the diesel scam. The Volkswagen Supervisory board is meeting on June 19 to decide the fate of Stadler, among other things. Stadler had been having the backing of the Porsche and Piech families who control the world’s largest car maker (Volkswagen).
Investigators in Germany had been steadily building pressure on Stadler, whose home had been raided last week, agencies reported. Motown India had run a series of reports in its magazine as well as the website on the aftermath of the diesel scam that led to thousands of recalls of Volkswagen cars and fine to the tune of billions of dollars.
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