
Ex-VW boss indicted on ‘dieselgate’ fraud charges
By Wale Azeez, business reporter Volkswagen's former boss and four others have been indicted on charges of fraud and unfair competition over the firm's efforts to cheat diesel emission tests.Martin Winterkorn faces four charges, with prosecutors saying he failed to prevent the manipulation of Volkswagen engines that enabled the cars to falsify results. Mr Winterkorn led the German car maker in 2015 when it was revealed it had installed software to manipulate emissions results as far back as 2009.German prosecutors said on Monday that Mr Winterkorn knew about the software since at least 25 May 2014, despite public statements that he only became aware just before the scandal broke in September the following year.If convicted, he and the others accused face betwe...