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posted by janrinok on Sunday November 26 2017, @08:54AM   Printer-friendly
from the what-about-the-bosses? dept.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-sentencing/vw-engineer-sentenced-to-40-month-prison-term-in-diesel-case-idUSKCN1B51YP

WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - A federal judge in Detroit sentenced former engineer James Liang to 40 months in prison on Friday for his role in Volkswagen AG's (VOWG_p.DE) multiyear scheme to sell diesel cars that generated more pollution than U.S. clean air rules allowed.

U.S. District Court Judge Sean Cox also ordered Liang to pay a $200,000 fine, 10 times the amount sought by federal prosecutors. Cox said he hoped the prison sentence and fine would deter other auto industry engineers and executives from similar schemes to deceive regulators and consumers.


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  • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Sunday November 26 2017, @12:09PM (1 child)

    by Thexalon (636) on Sunday November 26 2017, @12:09PM (#601699)

    If, however, the engineer is the one receiving the harshest sentence (which seems entirely possible), that's definitely disproportionate. And if I had to hazard a guess, the executives at VW would throw him under a bus in a heartbeat if they think it would save their own butts.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 26 2017, @11:47PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 26 2017, @11:47PM (#601881)

    Well, if they're going to throw him under a bus, I hope it's the new electric bus, that would be a fitting end.