March 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Volkswagen and former CEO charged with defrauding U.S. investors

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday opened charges against Volkswagen AG, Martin Winterkorn, its former CEO, and two of its subsidiaries for scamming U.S. investors by issuing corporate bonds and fixed income securities that raised billions of dollars through misleading statements about the company's "clean diesel" fleet of cars and their environmental impact.…

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