An American Volkswagen executive has been arrested for the emissions cheating scandal
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[quote]A Volkswagen executive was charged on Monday with conspiracy to defraud the United States in the latest chapter of the long-running scandal over the company’s deliberate cheating on emissions tests.
Oliver Schmidt, who was [B]general manager in charge of VW’s environmental and engineering office[/B] in Michigan, did not enter a plea at an initial appearance in US district court in Miami on Monday and was ordered held pending a hearing on Thursday.
Schmidt, who was shackled and wearing a jail uniform, was [B]charged with fraud and conspiracy[/B] in not disclosing a cheating device used to rig US diesel emissions tests from 2006 through 2015.
As VW’s former head of compliance in the US from 2014 until March 2015, Schmidt would have been in charge of the company’s adherence to emissions regulations during the scandal, though not at its beginning.
He was arrested by FBI agents in Florida on Saturday after [B]attempting to return to Germany from a vacation there[/B], the justice department said. News of the arrest was first reported by the New York Times.[/quote]
[url]https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/09/vw-volkswagen-emissions-cheating-fbi-arrest[/url]
I wonder if he'll get put in prison or just a hefty fine?
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