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Audi CEO arrested over diesel probe

Rupert Stadler has been arrested in connection with an investigation into the diesel emissions scandal. [Photo: BBC]

Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler has been arrested in connection with parent company Volkswagen's "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal, German prosecutors said Monday.

The dramatic development comes a week after Munich prosecutors raided Stadler's home after charging him with fraud and the falsification of documents that allowed diesel vehicles equipped with cheating software to be sold to European customers.

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