The prosecutor’s office in Brunswick (northern Germany) announced Friday that it is investigating the former ceo of Volkswagen, Martin Winterkorn, for his involvement in the case of the souped-up engines, the so-called ‘dieselgate’.
“The number of people inculpadas has gone from 21 to 37. Among them is Martin Winterkorn,” said the prosecutor’s office in a press release, stating to have “enough elements” about the fact that I would have been aware of the fraud.
Winterkorn, in the crosshairs of justice on suspicion of manipulation of quotes, said last week to testify before a parliamentary commission in germany who knew nothing about the souped-up engines until the scandal broke in September of 2015.
But according to the prosecution, the investigations, the data seized as well as the auditions of the witnesses to give “sufficient elements” to think that Winterkorn could stay abreast of handling before it became known publicly.
Volkswagen admitted in September 2015, that manipulated a program at 11 million of its cars in the world to look like, for the controls, less polluting, a case revealed in the united States.
Shortly after these revelations Winterkorn, with a reputation as a perfectionist and nicknamed “Mr. Quality” in the group, announced his resignation.
Volkswagen agreed in early January to plead guilty to fraud and pay 4.300 millions of additional dollars in the united States to close the criminal cases against them. This amount is in addition to the 17.500 million dollars in concept of compensation already paid to the builder German to avoid lawsuits.
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