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Ex-VW CEO Winterkorn among executives ordered to testify in German investor suit

Former VW CEO Martin Winterkorn
Winterkorn is a suspect in a criminal case and may therefore invoke his right to decline to testify in the investor suit. (BLOOMBERG)
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Bloomberg
July 10, 2023 07:07 AM

A German court will call former Volkswagen Group executives as witnesses in a 9-billion-euro ($9.8 billion) investor lawsuit over the diesel-emissions scandal to find out what the senior executives knew about defeat devices used in diesel cars to sidestep emissions tests.

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