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Audi CEO Stadler arrested on risk he may suppress evidence

The Munich public prosecutor's office said it searched the apartment of Stadler last week.
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Edward Taylor & Maria Sheahan
June 18, 2018 05:00 AM

FRANKFURT -- Munich prosecutors said that Audi CEO Rupert Stadler was arrested on Monday because investigators saw the risk that he might seek to suppress evidence in connection with a diesel emissions probe.

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