BERLIN (AFX) - German prosecutors will launch proceedings against a Social Democratic lawmaker as part of widening corruption allegations facing Europe's biggest car maker,
Volkswagen AG, local media reported Saturday.
German deputy Hans-Juergen Uhl will be pursued for having allegedly paid prostitutes with VW money, according to Der Spiegel magazine in its Internet site, and Die Welt newspaper in a story to be printed Monday.
Prosecutors in the northwestern city of Brunswick also believe Uhl, a member of VW's works council between 1990 and 2006, gave false testimony, the two publications reported.
The prosecutors' office was not available for immediate comment.
The German parliament on Friday had lifted Uhl's immunity from prosecution.
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German deputy Hans-Juergen Uhl will be pursued for having allegedly paid prostitutes with VW money, according to Der Spiegel magazine in its Internet site, and Die Welt newspaper in a story to be printed Monday.
Prosecutors in the northwestern city of Brunswick also believe Uhl, a member of VW's works council between 1990 and 2006, gave false testimony, the two publications reported.
The prosecutors' office was not available for immediate comment.
The German parliament on Friday had lifted Uhl's immunity from prosecution.
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