A former Volkswagen CEO was charged with conspiring to mislead regulators during the company's emissions scandal

Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn was charged in federal court in Detroit with conspiring to mislead regulators about the German automaker's diesel emissions cheating.An indictment, filed in secret in March, was unsealed on Thursday in US District Court, and it names numerous former executives.Winterkorn resigned soon after the scandal over polluting vehicles in the United States became public in September 2015.Former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn was charged in federal court in Detroit with conspiring to mislead regulators about the German automaker's diesel emissions cheating.Volkswagen did not immediately comment.An indictment filed in secret in March, was unsealed on Thursday in U.S. District Court, and names numerous former executives. Winterkorn resigned soon after the scandal over polluting vehicles in the United States became public in September 2015.SEE ALSO:VW just ousted its CEO and announced a new management structure ' here's why the automaker is making bold changesJoin the conversation about this story
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