Criminal case
Public prosecutor v. four former Volkswagen managers
- Authority
- Landgericht Braunschweig (Braunschweig Regional Court)
- Case number
- Not published
- Filed or opened
- Not published
- Organization
- Volkswagen AG
- Current stage
- First instance verdicts on 26 May 2025. Appeal status unverified as of October 2026.
- Outcome
- Not confirmed as final. Appeals were open to the defendantsS5.
Decisions and steps
Claims this case bears on
- Supported67An AFP report said a German court in Braunschweig convicted four former Volkswagen managers over the diesel emissions scandal on 26 May 2025.Press report, 26 May 20254 records citedFraud
Sources
- S5Tier C 4 former Volkswagen managers convicted in 'dieselgate' emissions-cheating scandalAFP via Fortune. Press report. 26 May 2025.Reports the Braunschweig verdicts and that they could be appealed. It does not report later appeal outcomes.Link working, checked 25 October 2026
- S6Tier C Prozess gegen Ex-VW-Chef Winterkorn vorerst eingestelltZDFheute. Press report. 1 July 2025.Reports the provisional halt of the case against the former chief executive for ill health. It does not report on the four managers' appeals.Link working, checked 25 October 2026