Around 6,000 Swiss VW owners seek damages in emissions scandal

[Gerald]

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss consumer protection organization SKS has filed a claim on behalf of some 6,000 car owners seeking damages from Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) and Swiss car dealer AMAG related to the “Dieselgate” emissions scandal.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-swiss/around-6000-swiss-vw-owners-seek-damages-in-emissions-scandal-idUSKBN1EO090?il=0

Dieselgate.:hmmm:

[Gerald]

The chief executive of German carmaker Audi, Rupert Stadler, has been arrested in connection with an investigation into the diesel emissions scandal.
A spokesman for Volkswagen, which owns Audi, confirmed he was being held.
Munich prosecutors said they had acted because of a risk that Mr Stadler might seek to suppress evidence.
The scandal erupted three years ago, when it emerged that cars had been fitted with devices designed to cheat emissions tests.


https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44517753


'The so-called dieselgate emissions scandal first came to light in September 2015.'

[Jimbuna]

Another merge.

[Gerald]

Rupert Stadler is the long-serving Chief Executive of VW's subsidiary Audi and a senior member of the group's management board.
He was arrested on Monday as part of an investigation into suspected fraud and false advertising, involving the sale of vehicles equipped with emissions cheating software.
He has spent the past few days incarcerated behind the high concrete walls of Augsburg-Gablingen prison - a far cry from Audi's majestic glass-fronted headquarters in Ingolstadt.


https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44583695


He probably felt these mistakes committed.