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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, Interesting) by khallow on Sunday November 26 2017, @02:41PM
Why would they do that? Let us keep in mind that the scheme in question improved the performance and fuel economy of these cars over what they could achieve with a vehicle that passed the emissions test legitimately.