Head of VW’s Audi Arrested in Germany Over Diesel Scandal

Head of VW’s Audi Arrested in Germany Over Diesel Scandal
Audi CEO Rupert Stadler attends company's annual news conference in Ingolstadt, Germany March 15, 2018. Reuters/Michael Dalder/File Photo
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FRANKFURT—German authorities arrested the head of Volkswagen’s luxury arm Audi on Monday, June 18, the most senior company official so far to be detained over the carmaker’s emissions test cheating scandal.

Munich prosecutors, who earlier this month widened their probe into Audi, said Rupert Stadler was being held due to fears he might hinder their investigation into the scandal, plunging Volkswagen into a leadership crisis.