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Ex-VW CEO Winterkorn charged with giving false testimony to German parliament

VW Winterkorn German parliament committee Berlin, Jan 2017
Winterkorn is pictured testifying to a German parliamentary committee in Berlin in January 2017. (Fabrizio Bensch/REUTERS)
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Reuters
June 09, 2021 09:50 AM

BERLIN --  Prosecutors have brought charges against former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn for giving false testimony to the German parliament when he said he was unaware of the automaker's diesel scandal before it broke.

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