German court sends VW execs to prison over Dieselgate scandal
A German regional court on Monday convicted four former Volkswagen executives of fraud in connection with the long-running Dieselgate emissions scandal.
The court sentenced two of the former executives to prison for several years, while the remaining two received suspended sentences. The ruling concludes a major trial that spanned nearly four years.
The scandal known as Dieselgate first came to light in September 2015, when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency discovered that many diesel vehicles produced by German carmaker Volkswagen were equipped with illegal so-called defeat devices.
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I am utterly shocked at this semblance of accountability.
So jealous. So very, very jealous. "If a poor man steals, it is so he may eat. If a rich man steals, it feeds only his greed. Which, then, is the greater crime?" Should be a consideration in legal systems, on top of the whole "the rich do damage in the billions, the poor do damage in single digits" thing.
Exactly my thought.
Virtually unprecedented in the USA in modern times anyway
If this were the U.S., Trump would pardon them. However, lets be real. If this were the U.S., they never would have been put on trial in the first instance.
Ironically, the US EPA are the ones who discovered the problem.
During Trump's first term no less.
Really? 'Cuz there's two Audi execs in prison over this in the US right now.
Were they prosecuted during the current administration?
Trump's 1st term.
Wat? Do they not know how many?