- MUNICH prosecutors have charged former Audi chief executive officer Rupert Stadler with fraud and other offenses, accusing the disgraced manager of continuing to sell cars with manipulated engines even after the scandal burst into the open in late 2015.
- Once seen as a possible contender for VW’s top job, Stadler was arrested in June 2018 and spent months in jail.
- In the years that followed, repeated recalls of Audi vehicles over their emission performance – including Porsche cars with engines developed by the brand – continued to taint the brand.