It is the parent company of Audi, Volkswagen, which announces: “we confirm that Mr. Stadler was arrested on Monday morning,” said a spokesman. In the wake, the Munich prosecutor’s office confirmed the arrest of the chairman of the board of Audi.
According to the prosecution, the decision to arrest Rupert Stadler was decided because of the risk of seeing him remove evidence. The German courts are investigating frauds of the Bavarian manufacturer under the dieselgate.
In early May, Audi admitted to having detected during an internal check of “anomalies” on the software which equips the diesel engines of about 60,000 models A6 and A7 in the world. The ring firm had then alerted the German Federal Automobile Agency (KBA). The latter had subsequently announced the launch of a hearing on the subject.