German prosecutors press charges against former VW CEO Winterkorn

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VW has had to recall hundreds of thousands of cars around the world over the diesel emissions cheating scandal.

Prosecutors in the German city of Braunschweig said on Monday they were pressing criminal charges against former Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn in connection with the carmaker's manipulation of

diesel emissions testing.VW has had to recall hundreds of thousands of cars around the world since it admitted in Sept. 2015 to installing illegal software in diesel engines to cheat strict U.S. anti-pollution tests.

 

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