The prosecutors in the southern German city of Munich said the suspect was arrested on Monday and was now being questioned in custody. According to the US DOJ, "Pamio directed Audi employees to design and implement software functions to cheat the standard US emissions tests. "Pamio and co-conspirators deliberately failed to disclose the software functions, and they knowingly misrepresented that the vehicles complied" with US emissions standards. In total, Volkswagen has agreed to pay some $23 billion in the United States to compensate some 600,000 US car owners. US authorities made their first indictment of a Volkswagen employee in the "dieselgate" scandal in September 2016.

Source: The Local July 07, 2017 09:00 UTC