Volkswagen executive gets seven years jail over emissions fraud

[Disir]

A US-based Volkswagen AG executive who oversaw emissions issues has been sentenced to seven years in prison and fined $US400,000 for his role in a diesel emissions scandal that has cost the German automaker as much as $US30 billion.

The prison sentence and fine for the executive, Oliver Schmidt, were the maximum possible under a plea deal that the German national struck with prosecutors in August after admitting to charges of conspiring to mislead US regulators and violate clean-air laws.

"It is my opinion that you are a key conspirator in this scheme to defraud the United States," US district judge Sean Cox of Detroit told Schmidt in court.
Volkswagen executive gets seven years jail over emissions fraud

So, seven years max and $400,000 is it?

 

[Zander]

Why penalize him at all? He exposed how easy it is to fool these clowns.

He should be set free, paid a large settlement for wasting his time, and then given a medal. Restitution should be paid to VW by the US Government.

 

[Borillar]

Maybe Trump will pardon him. Repugs like polluters. They apologized to BP after the Deepwater Horizon incident where Obama held them accountable.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Why penalize him at all? He exposed how easy it is to fool these clowns.

He should be set free, paid a large settlement for wasting his time, and then given a medal. Restitution should be paid to VW by the US Government.

Are you on LSD?