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Ex-VW chairman Piech testifies in Winterkorn probe

Piech, right, quit after more than two decades at VW's helm following a power struggle with then-CEO Winterkorn, left. (Reuters)
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By:
Jan Schwartz and Maria Sheahan
February 03, 2017 05:00 AM

FRANKFURT -- Volkswagen Group's former Chairman, Ferdinand Piech, who left the company following a showdown with ex-CEO Martin Winterkorn in 2015, has testified to prosecutors investigating Winterkorn's involvement in the carmaker's diesel-emission cheating scandal, according to Winterkorn's lawyer.

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