FRANKFURT -- Volkswagen Group CEO Matthias Mueller had no knowledge of the company's diesel emissions cheating, Germany's Bild am Sonntag newspaper said, citing a report by Jones Day, the law firm tasked with investigating the scandal.
Mueller found out about Volkswagen's emissions cheating software on Sept. 18, 2015, when U.S. regulators revealed the German carmaker had faked pollution tests, the paper reported.
Mueller, who was CEO of VW's sports-car division, Porsche, before the diesel scandal erupted, was elevated to the position of VW Group CEO a week later on Sept. 25, and tasked with turning the firm around.
A VW spokesman could not comment on an ongoing legal investigation.
