VW Woes Deepen as Prosecutors Extend Probe to Chairman
- Prosecutor in Braunschweig probes alleged market manipulation
- Bild newspaper says California found defeat software in Audis
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Volkswagen AG’s troubles deepened as supervisory board Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch was added to a German probe of the company’s emissions scandal and a newspaper reported that U.S. testers found software to cheat air-quality tests in Audi cars this summer.
The carmaker on Sunday said public prosecutors in Braunschweig, near its Wolfsburg headquarters, extended its investigation for alleged market manipulation to Poetsch, who becomes the second current board member to be targeted. Poetsch and VW are supporting the inquiry, which relates to his time as chief financial officer, the company said in a statement.