"Dieselgate": record fine for former Volkswagen boss
Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn is expected to pay his former employer around 11 million euros.
Here in January 2017 in Berlin.
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The Dieselgate never ends for Volkswagen.
The German automaker has paid dearly for this scandal of rigged software that aimed to reduce polluting emissions from diesel vehicles.
Today, the company is claiming damages from its former managers for the mistakes they made.
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With our correspondent in Berlin,
Pascal Thibaut
More than 30 billion euros.
Vehicle
repairs
, fines, legal costs: the
Dieselgate
invoice
for Volkswagen has been
steep
.
The German automaker has pretty much cleaned up the lawsuits almost six years after the
software scandal
broke out with diesel engine emissions rigging.
Volkswagen wishes to recover part of these sums by obtaining damages from the former managers for the faults committed.
This applies in the first place to the former CEO of the company, Martin Winterkorn.
He should have to pay around 11 million euros to his former employer for "breaches" in the performance of his duties.
Volkswagen's efforts do not end there.
The company is not only suing former executives, but is also demanding money from insurers who cover the negative consequences of the mistakes of those responsible.
In total, 200 to 300 million euros could be paid to Volkswagen.
For the former CEO, Martin Winterkorn, these damages will not mark the end of the lawsuits.
A lawsuit against him, postponed because of the Covid pandemic, is due to open in September, six years after the start of Dieselgate.
► To read also: Dieselgate: the ex-CEO of Volkswagen accused of fraud in Germany
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