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FRANCFORT (Reuters) – Munich prosecutors said Thursday that they had accused four audi former executives of alleged fraud over diesel engine emissions tests.
All four are charged with fraud, fake certification and fraudulent publicity, the prosecutor said in a statement.
The business newspaper Handelsblatt and Reuters had reported in the past on the move, bringing others close to the process.
The indictment, opposed to 3 former board members and a branch manager who is already retired, considers a total of 434420 cars from the Audi, VW and Porsche brands that were sold basically in the United States and Europe, he said.
All four are accused of inciting the progression of engines driven through illegal software, as this has resulted in engines generating fewer emissions when operating in control situations than when they are driven regularly.
The indictment alleges that the accused former directors were sometimes aware of the practice between October 2013 and September 2015 and continued to make sales or did not prevent them from making.
In addition, one of the former directors is accused of having been able to remain silent about his participation in pre-club practices in the board since 2016, thus fraudulently earning the remuneration of a manager.
Former executive leader Rupert Stadler and three other defendants were charged last year for their role in the cheating scandal after parent organization Volkswagen and Audi admitted in 2015 to have illegal software.
(Report through Joern Poltz, written through Vera Eckert, edited through Thomas Escritt)