VW Emissions: Who knew what, and when? Fines, Penalties and News

FBI arrests Volkswagen executive on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States over emissions cheating

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Oliver Schmidt, who was general manager in charge of VW’s environmental and engineering office in Michigan, did not enter a plea at an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Miami on Monday.

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Full article here:
http://business.financialpost.com/n...onspiracy-to-defraud-the-united-states-report

So, I guess the long arm of the law does reach to Florida. From the article contents, I can assume that Schmidt was a German citizen, and the feds could not ask him any questions from afar, but when he went for vacation, and wanted to return to Germany, that's when they did'n want to let him go so fast.

What is interesting is that he wanted to do the 'right thing' months ago, and reached out to the FBI (according to him), but nothing came of it.

An FBI complaint unsealed on Monday against Schmidt said he and other VW employees told executive management about the “existence, purpose and characteristics” of an emissions cheating device in July 2015, and that the executives chose not to immediately disclose it to U.S. regulators.

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...details on page 39.