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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: 2, Disagree) by Techwolf on Sunday November 26 2017, @03:58PM

    by Techwolf (87) on Sunday November 26 2017, @03:58PM (#601751)

    "generated more pollution than U.S. clean air rules allowed" -- This fact has never been proven yet by testing. I like to see a real test of pollution per mile of the ornigle car vs. the fixed car that gets less MPG and therefore dumps more pollution per mile.

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