Germany's FBI raid Volkswagen's HQ and seize computers and data files relating to who ordered emissions cheating software to be installed Thursday Oct 08,2015

The VW car giant's HQ in Germany was raided on Thursday Oct 08,2015 in a move that drastically raises the stakes in the ongoing emissions scandal.

Officials swarming into the vast Wolfsburg plant is being interpreted as a sign that the company has been less than cooperative with authorities over the fraud which may end up breaking it.

The raids were carried out by prosecutors supported by police and officials of the LKA - Germany's equivalent of America's FBI.

Files and computer data were seized, understood to be in connection with just who ordered the fitting of emissions-cheating software to millions of vehicles sold around the world

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More than 11 million vehicles worldwide have been fitted with  software designed to cheat emissons tests which was only ever meant for experimental purposes

Unknown persons at VW greenlighted a decision to install this software in vehicles to cheat the emissions testing in the USA which is more stringent than in Europe.

An estimated 500,000 of the tampered vehicles were sold in America between 2009 and 2015