Charge in the diesel scandal: Prosecutor's office determined against winter grain want leniency statements

In the diesel scandal, a media report says that four of leniency against the former VW boss Martin Winterkorn's statements.

Update from 3. May, 8.32 PM:

you should testify before the court, that the winter grain already reported to you before the exhaust gas manipulations are knew by the U.S. environmental protection Agency, as on Friday, the "Süddeutsche Zeitung", NDR and WDR. The four witnesses for the prosecution are, therefore, all high-ranking VW-employees and self-Accused in the proceedings.

winter grain have to opt out of the disclosure of the fraud and hoped to be able to the violations of the law more obscure, according to the report, one of the Central allegations of the indictment. 27. July 2015 should have been informed accordingly, three VW Workers independently Winterkorn about the manipulations. The former VW boss said always, he had only know in September 2015 of the exhaust gas manipulation.

charge in the diesel scandal: Prosecutor's office determined against winter grain process, at the earliest, 2020

Update 16. In April 2019, at 11.34 am: After the indictment of Ex-VW boss Martin Winterkorn in the exhaust gas scandal, a process is expected at the earliest in 2020. "The complaint has been received and will now be examined thoroughly," said the responsible spokesperson of the regional court of Braunschweig, Jessica Henrichs, on Tuesday, the German press Agency.

it Should come after a process, the presiding judge, then he is likely to take place given the Abundance of test documents, at the earliest, in a few months. "Whether that happens this year, we can not guarantee this due to the many files," she said. It is rather unlikely. Because of the anticipated high public interest should also be examined whether a process of opening sufficient in the premises of the court, or whether other rooms dodged.

Update 16 p.m.: The defense of the former VW chief Martin Winterkorn raises allegations against the Prosecutor's office in Braunschweig. The have ignored prior to their indictment in the exhaust gas scandal, a request from the defence, let Winterkorn's outstanding lawyer Felix Dörr on Monday in an opinion to explain. "The defense will adjust to this'pace' of the Prosecutor's office", - stated in the Declaration.

charge in the diesel scandal: Prosecutor's office determined against winter grain, the seriousness of the allegations

Braunschweig - In the exhaust gas scandal at Volkswagen, the Prosecutor's office in Braunschweig has collected, among other things, due to serious fraud charges against the former VW boss Martin Winterkorn. Abroad threat to him, as merkur.de* reported. "The regional court of Braunschweig has received the charges on Friday and will now consider the claim approval," said on Monday the competent chief public Prosecutor Klaus the German press Agency. He spoke of an important step.

The lawsuit is directed against five leaders who "have committed in a single criminal action realized the majority of Offences". This is a particularly serious case of fraud and a violation of the law against unfair competition. Winter grain is also maintained infidelity, because he the 25. April 2014 have not been announced, to the knowledge of the unlawful manipulations of Diesel engines immediately.

the winter grain and the other accused charge of between six months and ten years in prison for the fraud. The fraud took place, according to the indictment, between November 2006 and September 2015. Each of the accused according to the prosecution, the other four "managers" know, therefore, vary in length.

Martin Winterkorn in the diesel scandal, The communication from the office of the public Prosecutor in the word accused: according to:

"The Prosecutor's office in Braunschweig has collected to a part of the completion of your investigation in the NoX method to the so-called 'Diesel-scandal' charges against five Accused persons before the economic chamber of the regional criminal court of Braunschweig. Among them also the former Executive Board Chairman Dr. Winterkorn.

each of the leaders, classified persons held Accused of a single offence and realized the majority of Crime, in particular, an especially serious case of fraud and a violation of the law against unfair competition. In addition, buried for a charge required reasonable suspicion has been answered in the affirmative for some of the school, to have as a perpetrator or due to embezzlement, tax evasion and indirect false certification is punishable. The time space extends to the time between 15.11.2006 and the 22.9.2015, the individual Murders of the accused are of different lengths.

charges against Martin Winterkorn: The Ex-VW boss concrete

The former Board of management Chairman Dr. Martin Winterkorn is accused of coincidence of a particularly serious case of fraud, a violation of the law against unfair competition, as well as infidelity, is accused of because he had it since 25.5.2014 as a 'guarantor', to the knowledge of the unlawful manipulations of Diesel engines, this increase in relation to the competent authorities in Europe and the USA, as well as to the customers and the installation of the so-called 'defeat devices' as well as the sales of vehicles with that 'defeat device'. As a result, it had come at the end of both Germany and the United States to the imposition of significantly higher fines against Volkswagen AG.

in Addition, the allegation of the indictment, I update the group with the Knowledge and approval also by the accused to Dr. Winterkorn in November 2014, a software with a cost of 23 million euros carried out, that was useless and should serve to disguise the true reason for the elevated levels of pollutants in the normal operation of the vehicles."

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