Volkswagen 's woes continue , as institutional investors launch a $ 3.6bn lawsuit over Volkswagen 's emissions scandal . Nearly 300 large investors , including the US pension fund Calpers and German insurance firms , are suing VW for breaching its obligations to capital markets . Reuters/ Investors from the UK have also been invited to join in the multi - billion lawsuit , which was filed at a regional court in Braunschweig in VW 's home state of Lower Saxony . The lawsuit will focus on whether the company neglected its duty to the capital markets between June 2008 and 18 September 2015 . Volkswagen says it will not comment as it has not been investigating the case . This comes as a former VW employee , Thomas Müller , accuses the firm of deleting documents of evidence , thereby obstructing justice .
Volkswagen 's woes continue , as institutional investors launch a $ 3.6bn lawsuit over Volkswagen 's emissions scandal . Nearly 300 large investors , including the US pension fund Calpers and German insurance firms , are suing VW for breaching its obligations to capital markets . Investors from the UK have also been invited to join in the multi - billion lawsuit , which was filed at a regional court in Braunschweig in VW 's home state of Lower Saxony . The lawsuit will focus on whether the company neglected its duty to the capital markets between June 2008 and 18 September 2015 . Volkswagen says it will not comment as it has not been investigating the case . This comes as a former VW employee , Thomas Müller , accuses the firm of deleting documents of evidence , thereby obstructing justice .