Ex-Volkswagen CEO Winterkorn Charged in US Over Diesel Scandal

Ex-Volkswagen CEO Winterkorn Charged in US Over Diesel Scandal
Former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn leaves after testifying to a German parliamentary committee on the carmaker's emissions scandal in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 19, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
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WASHINGTON—Federal prosecutors in Detroit on Thursday unsealed charges against former Volkswagen AG Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn, accusing him of conspiring to mislead regulators about the German automaker’s diesel emissions cheating.

An indictment filed in secret in March was unsealed in U.S. District Court on Thursday, the same day as Volkswagen’s annual meeting in Germany. Winterkorn resigned soon after the scandal over polluting vehicles in the United States became public in September 2015.