Ex-Audi CEO Stadler charged over his role in emissions scandal

MUNICH -- German prosecutors said on Wednesday they had filed charges against former Audi CEO Rupert Stadler, who is being investigated for his role in Volkswagen Group's diesel-emissions cheating scandal.

The public prosecutor's office in Munich said Stadler and three other defendants are being charged with false certification and criminal advertising practices. Stadler has denied any wrongdoing, his lawyer said.

The three other defendants are accused of having developed engines used by Audi, Volkswagen and Porsche brand cars that included emissions-cheating devices, it added.