VW’s Winterkorn Implicated by Former Engine-Development Head
- Neusser says ex-CEO blocked full disclosure of diesel-rigging
- Allegations over ‘damage table’ also implicate CEO Diess
Martin Winterkorn, arrives to testify to a parliamentary committee in the Bundestag on Jan. 19, 2017.
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Former Volkswagen AG Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn told managers in mid-2015 to only partly disclose its problems with diesel-emission software to U.S. regulators, a former VW executive told a German court.
The order was given at a meeting in July 2015 -- two months before the emissions issues became a global scandal -- Heinz-Jakob Neusser, who was the head of engine development, said at a hearing on Monday. The allegation also implicates current CEO Herbert Diess, who took part in the meeting shortly after he had joined the board.