VW, Winterkorn sued by SEC for 'fraud' over diesel emissions VW, Winterkorn sued by SEC for 'fraud' over diesel emissions March 15, 2019 dzadmin Comments 0 Comment The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Volkswagen Group and its former CEO Martin Winterkorn over the company’s diesel-emissions violations, accusing the automaker of perpetrating a “massive fraud” on U.S. investors.