Former VW Engine Chief Arrested, Signaling Widening Emissions Case<br />FRANKFURT — An investigation into Volkswagen’s diesel emissions scandal expanded significantly on Thursday after German<br />authorities arrested a former high-ranking executive of the carmaker, two people with knowledge of the arrest said.<br />Mr. Hatz, well known in automotive circles because of his previous role as chief of research<br />and development at Porsche, is the second person to be arrested in Germany in connection with the Volkswagen case and the first German citizen.<br />German prosecutors did not disclose Mr. Hatz’s identity because of the country’s privacy rules, saying only<br />that a suspect in the case was arraigned Thursday morning in Munich in connection with a related investigation of Volkswagen’s Audi luxury car unit.<br />The executive, identified by German news outlets as Wolfgang Hatz, is a former chief of engine development at Volkswagen.
