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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 26 2017, @08:55PM (1 child)
"80 years ago"
2017 - 80 = 1937 Really???
You must mean the Allied Prisoner of war camps:
HOW ALLIES TREATED GERMAN POWs [whale.to]
Who's gonna save you when justice comes knocking?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 27 2017, @07:27AM
No, I mean 1937. The assholes were already in charge then, and for sure they were torturing people. So, if this engineer is a jew, he should probably count his blessings, no?