of The six accused, was employed, under the management of the car manufacturer in each of the cases, between 2006 and 2015. According to the prosecutors, it is unclear as to whether they are still employed.

Volkswagen has not commented on the charges.

In september, brought to biljättens the current president, Herbert Diess, the chairman of the board, Hans Dieter Pötsch, as well as the former president and ceo, Martin Winterkorn, that they took too long to inform the market about what they knew about the utsläppsskandalen prior to the unveiling of the 2015.

for more information, see Biljättar risk miljardböter of carbon dioxide emissions.