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The Securities and Exchange Commission had a tough go of it at a hearing Friday before U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco, who is overseeing the SEC’s securities fraud case against Volkswagen. It’s just not a good day for the government when a judge feels compelled to point out that the bird in […]
A federal judge sharply questioned why securities regulators took so long to sue Volkswagen over its bond offerings, years after other government agencies resolved litigation over the auto maker’s diesel-cheating scandal. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer on Friday suggested the Securities and Exchange Commission’s March 2019 lawsuit makes it look like a “carrion hawk that […]
Sure, there still were some ongoing state-level actions, but all the big stuff was supposedly over, wrapped up in a $14.7 billion deal that covered a class action by VW owners plus claims by the Department of Justice, the EPA, the Federal Trade Commission, the California Air Resources Board and attorneys general of 44 states, […]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is suing Volkswagen and its former chief executive, accusing them of defrauding investors by making “deceptive” claims about the environmental impact of its cars. The regulator said that from 2007 until 2015, VW carried out a “massive fraud” when selling securities and half a million cars it described as […]
Volkswagen faces a trial next week as investors seek 9.2 billion euros ($10.7 billion) in compensation arguing that the carmaker should have informed shareholders about a diesel pollution scandal before regulators did in September 2015. via VW faces about $10.7 billion investor suit over dieselgate scandal | Reuters.
The German financial markets watchdog is investigating trading in Volkswagen shares before the announcement of a new chief executive, a German magazine reported on Tuesday. via Germany watchdog investigating Volkswagen shares in run-up to CEO change: Reuters