Between 2014 and march 2015, Oliver Schmidt Volkswagenchef in the united states with the responsibility of how the company followed laws and rules.
That is to say, in the middle of it, the basis for Dieselgate, that is to say, Volkswagen’s manipulative, with dieselutsläppen from the manufacturer’s car models.
Now, the FBI has, through investigators in Florida, arrested him, according to the NY Times. And the prosecution is waiting in Detroit on Monday.
Oliver Schmidt has, during the entire Dieselgate been with and tried to convince everyone that the erroneous figures due to technical problems and not been cheating. Which the later has been proven to be completely fictitious – emission data was manipulated.
He has also spoken before a committee in the british parliament and said that the Volkswagen has done is not illegal in Europe.
” We continue to cooperate with the justice department, but it would not be proper to comment on ongoing investigations, or to discuss personnel matters, said VW spokesperson Jeannine Ginivan.
Volkswagen has previously recognized that the illegal software is available in 11 million diesel cars around the world.
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