Volkswagen CEO faces first probe over 'Dieselgate'
Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Mueller has for the first time been caught up in a probe related to the company's 'diesel gate' scandal Frankfurt am Main (AFP) Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Mueller on Wednesday stood in the focus of an investigation into the world's largest carmaker 'diesel gate' scandal for the first time, along with other key players at the firm. Mueller and others "...are suspected of knowingly delaying telling shareholders about the financial consequences for Porsche SE of software manipulation in diesel vehicles by Volkswagen AG," prosecutors in southwestern city Stuttgart said in a statement. Porsche SE, separate from VW subsidiary Porsche AG, is a holding company with a majority stake in Volkswagen, and is itself owned by the descendants of renowned VW Beetle inventor Ferdinand Porsche. VW admitted in September 2015 to using so-called "defeat device" software to cheat regulatory nitrogen oxides em...