German Authorites Go After Ex VW CEO Martin Winterkorn For Emissions Scandal

German prosecutors said on Monday that they had begun an investigation of the former chief executive of Volkswagen for possible violations of securities laws in connection with the company’s emissions scandal.

Prosecutors said they opened the investigation against the former Volkswagen chief, Martin Winterkorn, at the behest of Germany’s financial watchdog. He is suspected of having waited too long to disclose that the company faced an investigation in the United States, prosecutors in the city of Braunschweig said in a statement.

MDarringer - 6/20/2016 12:18:07 PM

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So they are going after Winterkorn, but not after Piech who had to have known VW was running dirty both literally and figuratively. And of course, Winterkorn is the only one culpable. Total bullschizz.

TheSteve - 6/20/2016 4:28:05 PM

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MDarringer: I don't think anyone is suggesting that "Winterkorn is the only one culpable". I believe the idea is that Winterkorn was not completely innocent, as was once alleged.

MDarringer - 6/20/2016 6:29:46 PM

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You missed the point by 1700 country miles.

Charges need to be brought against everyone involved and at the same time to truly drive a dagger through VW's satanic heart.

TheSteve - 6/20/2016 4:25:33 PM

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It's a start.

TheSteve - 6/20/2016 4:26:51 PM

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BTW, that's also the punchline to the following joke:

Q: What do you call a boat load of 100 lawyers, drowned at the bottom of the ocean?
A: A good start.

MDarringer - 6/20/2016 6:31:01 PM

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Not even remotely good enough of a start. This is the Germans pretending to do something pure and simple. The smell of their bullshit has wafted all the way to California.

I have no patience for criminals. NONE

MDarringer - 6/20/2016 7:29:41 PM

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@TheSteve my circle of friends are high-level police officers, attorneys, and psychologists and the attorney feeding frenzy is delicious.

PUGPROUD - 6/20/2016 7:08:47 PM

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No way will they ever go after Piech. I would love to see it but it will never happen.

MDarringer - 6/20/2016 7:26:49 PM

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German Mafia protects their Satan.

carsnyc - 6/21/2016 9:22:06 AM

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This will make a great movie at some point