Ex-VW CEO Winterkorn Deflects Blame for Emissions Cheating
- Winterkorn says he would’ve halted deception if he’d known
- “It’s incomprehensible why I wasn’t informed,” ex-CEO says
VW Pleads Guilty as U.S. Charges Five More in Scandal
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Martin Winterkorn, the former chief executive officer of Volkswagen AG, sought to deflect blame for the biggest scandal in the carmaker’s history, saying he would have put a stop to the emissions cheating if he’d known.
In his first public appearance since being forced to resign 16 months ago, Winterkorn apologized for breaching the trust of millions of customers while defending his tenure and saying that he wasn’t directly involved in developing software to comply with emissions regulations.