Ex-Volkswagen boss faces trial over diesel cars rigged to cheat emissions tests

Ex-Volkswagen boss faces trial over diesel cars rigged to cheat emissions tests
Former Volkswagen Group chief executive Martin Winterkorn in court on Tuesday (Moritz Frankenberg/dpa/AP)

Former Volkswagen Group chief executive Martin Winterkorn appeared in court on Tuesday on charges of fraud and market manipulation.

The charges are in connection with the corporate scandal over Volkswagen’s use of rigged software that let millions of cars cheat emissions tests and emit high levels of harmful pollutants.

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