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Ex-Volkswagen exec Oliver Schmidt gets 7 years, $400,000 fine for U.S. emissions violations
Oliver Schmidt, the former executive who spearheaded Volkswagen’s multiyear efforts to keep its conspiracy to cheat on diesel emissions a secret from U.S. regulators, received the maximum sentence possible from a federal judge in Detroit.
Volkswagen Senior Manager Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Role in Conspiracy to Cheat U.S. Emissions Tests | OPA | Department of Justice
Senior Volkswagen Executive Sentenced In Diesel-Emissions Scandal : The Two-Way : NPR
Diesel Emissions Cheating Scandal May Hit BMW Next .
Independent researchers in West Virginia strapped a portable exhaust gas analyzer to a Volkswagen turbodiesel and found its tailpipe emissions were way out of whack with the results obtained in laboratory testing.
That one finding has now cost Volkswagen more than $20 billion in fines and penalties and that total is still rising.
Now, BMW may be the next company to find itself in the fake diesel emissions.
https://cleantechnica.com/2017/12/06/diesel-emissions-cheating-scandal-may-hit-bmw-next/
German prosecutors look into BMW engine ‘shut-off’ device claims
Munich prosecutors are looking into allegations that BMW diesel cars are equipped with devices to cheat on emissions levels following tests by German environmental group DUH.
http://europe.autonews.com/article/20171206/ANE/171209850?template=mobile02&X-IgnoreUserAgent=1