4 former Volkswagen managers convicted in ‘dieselgate’ emissions-cheating scandal
On Monday, a German court condemned the prison rulings and issued by some of them suspended for four former Volkswagen managers for their role in the “Diesel” emissions scandal, Bloomberg said.
The scandal has caused waves in the global auto industry since September 2015, when Volkswagen confessed to tampering with millions of diesel cars to deception pollution tests.
Heinz Jacob News, former CEO of VW, received in prison for one year and three months from the court in Brunshuig, according to Bloomberg News Agency.
German media reported that the former head of the driver, who only called Hano J.
The harsh penalty for four years and six months was granted to the former president to develop diesel motor, Jens H
The defendants can appeal against judgments.
The separate trial of the former CEO of Volkswagen Martin Winxorn is still suspended due to his health.
The auto analyst Ferdinand Dudinhof, head of central auto research, ruled that the case has at the present time “with a scapegoat, and in some cases, is suspended.”
Volkswagen said in a statement that “the court’s procedures in Bronchuj are against individuals” and that they “did not have great consequences for the cases presented to the civil courts in which Volkswagen participates” related to the scandal.
The four guilty were convicted on Monday, who were tried since 2021, at first to hear their cases along with Winterkorn.
However, the court decided to divide the procedures against Wincoren, who was unable to appear due to health disorder.
The former CEO of cars for trial in September before the court suspended the procedures in October again in October, when he was not appropriate to take the situation.
The former CEO who has been convicted of the scandal so far is the former CEO of Audi Runder Stadler.
He was fined and was given a suspended sentence in 2023 after recognizing defrauding negligence.
In February, Volkswagen’s general prosecutors in France called for confronting the charges of strict fraud there.
They said that nearly a million French customers had to pay the price of service and repair after disclosing emissions.
This story was originally shown on Fortune.com
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2025-05-26 12:51:00
