Rupert Stadler
The prosecutors accuse the ex-Audi chief fraud, indirect false certification and criminal prosecution.
Munich In the diesel affair, the prosecution Munich II has charges against the former Audi-Boss Rupert Stadler levied. He and three other accused are accused of “fraud, indirect false certification and punishable advertising,” said the authority on Wednesday. Whether it actually comes to a process, must decide the district court Munich II.
The prosecutors charged the three other defendants with having developed engines for Audi, VW and Porsche vehicles whose controls were equipped with an inadmissible software function. She accuses the 56-year-old Stadler, “at the latest from the end of September 2015 had knowledge of the manipulation and nonetheless continued to have the sales of affected vehicles of the brands Audi and VW or not prevented sales.”
According to the authorities, the indictment includes 250,712 Audi vehicles, 71,577 VW vehicles and 112,131 Porsche vehicles. “The vehicles have been sold especially in the US and European markets,” it says on the part of the prosecutor.
Rupert Stadler had been arrested in June last year when he was in a wiretapped phone conversation about the possible leave of absence AudiEmployee spoke. Afterwards, the manager spent several months in custody.
The VWGroup reacted to this and ended the contractual relationship with Stadler in October. The automanager then left the company. His successor was Bram Schot.
As head of Audi, Stadler was also a member of the Executive Board of Volkswagen, At the VW Annual General Meeting The shareholders postponed Stadler’s discharge for the financial year 2018,
Stadler was last failed with a constitutional complaint against his arrest warrant, The Federal Constitutional Court announced in May that it had not accepted the appeal. The Higher Regional Court of Munich had put the arrest warrant out of order in October, but imposed a strict ban on contact.
Without the approval of the public prosecutor Stadler may continue to take no contact with co-accused and possible witnesses. The prohibition of contact due to blackout risk, the Constitutional Court judge for relatively.
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