Munich prosecutors on Monday said Audi’s chief executive Rupert Stadler was arrested because investigators saw the risk that he might seek to suppress evidence in connection with a diesel emissions probe.
“The suspect has been seen by a judge, who has ordered him to be remanded in custody,” the prosecutors’ office said in a statement.
The prosecutors’ office last week widened its emissions cheating probe into Volkswagen’s luxury brand Audi to include Mr. Stadler among the suspects accused of fraud and false advertising.
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