2017-08-07 14:45

VW Executive Schmidt Pleads Guilty in Auto Emissions Scandal

REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Oliver Schmidt, a Volkswagen AG compliance executive charged in the company‘s emissions-cheating scandal, pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Detroit to conspiracy and violating the U.S. Clean Air Act.

Schmidt faces up to seven years in prison, said U.S. District Judge Sean Cox, with sentencing scheduled for Dec. 6. Schmidt agreed to be deported after he has completed his sentence, Cox said.

Schmidt‘s plea is the latest fallout stemming from VW‘s admission in September 2015 that about 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide were outfitted with so-called defeat devices to cheat emissions tests.

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