German court reopens market manipulation probe into former Volkswagen chief
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GERMAN authorities have reopened a criminal investigation into Martin Winterkorn, chairman of Volkswagen until he was toppled by the 2015 emissions-rigging scandal, over suspected market manipulation, a regional court said on Thursday (Dec 28).
Criminal proceedings were resumed at the request of prosecutors, the court in the city of Braunschweig said in a statement.
In an indictment filed in 2019, Winterkorn was accused of not informing the capital market in a timely manner of the installation of defeat devices in the diesel engines of Volkswagen cars, as required by law.
The court had halted the market manipulation proceedings in January 2021, saying that another case against Winterkorn over his role in the scandal carried a higher penalty. REUTERS
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