VW's secret language in emissions cheating scandal bogs down probe

Frankfurt

VOLKSWAGEN AG investigators are struggling to make headway through data secured from more than 1,500 laptops and other devices and probably won't have a complete report on the carmaker's emissions cheating by the end of the month, according to people familiar with the status of the investigation.

The probe, which was expected to wrap up by the end of April, has been slowed by the use of dozens of code words, including "…