Two former Volkswagen AG management board members and two other managers were charged by German prosecutors for paying too much to labor representatives.
The men were charged with breach of trust for overpaying several members of the carmaker’s works council from May 2011 to May 2016, the Braunschweig Prosecutors’ Office said in an emailed statement.
It didn’t identify the men. The alleged crime caused a loss of 5 million euros ($5.5 million), according to the release.
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