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Germany: Volkswagen raided by prosecutors over worker chief’s pay

By  |  November 15, 2017

Volkswagen AG’s headquarters were raided by German prosecutors over allegations that executives improperly inflated the pay of a labor leader, adding to the carmaker’s list of woes since the discovery of its use of software to cheat on pollution tests of diesel vehicles.

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    The latest search, just three weeks after a raid by European Union antitrust regulators, is part of a probe into remuneration of works council chief Bernd Osterloh, a Volkswagen spokesman said Tuesday, November 14, by phone, declining to provide further details.

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    Sascha Rueegg, a spokesman for local prosecutors, confirmed the raids on Wednesday. He declined to provide more details as the investigation now is also looking into tax-related issues for which tougher confidentially rules apply.

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