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VW Engineer Sentenced to 40-month Prison Term in Diesel Case

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

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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 26 2017, @02:28PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 26 2017, @02:28PM (#601726)

    Wake me up when they actually punish (jail and take their wealth) somebody responsible (top 10 (should be 1) in the company).

    Until then, the message is go ahead crime pays well. Just don't try it if you are not wealthy.

    It will be interesting to see what the Germans do with the folks in the German company.