VW CEO offices searched in Audi investigation, report says

Mueller was targeted because he is also supervisory board chairman at VW's premium car unit Audi.

By:

Edward Taylor

March 18, 2017 05:00 AM

FRANKFURT -- German prosecutors searched the offices of Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller as part of an investigation into diesel emission test cheating at Audi, German weekly Bild am Sonntag reported.

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