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Stadler is not the first Volkswagen executive arrested on charges related to the diesel emissions scandal. German prosecutors charged former Volkswagen Group CEO Martin Winterkorn in April. Winterkorn was also charged in the U.S. last year, but since Germany does not extradite its citizens to the U.S., he is unlikely to face the charges here.Two former VW executives are serving prison sentences in the U.S. on charges related to the scandal. Oliver Schmidt, the former U.S. compliance officer for the company, pleaded guilty to charges in 2017 after being arrested at Miami International Airport on a family vacation. He is serving seven years in prison. James Liang, a former software engineer at the company is serving a 40-month sentence. U.S. prosecutors have charged six other VW executives who are all still in Germany.