Schmidt was deemed a “key conspirator” who was hopeful his part in the cover-up would help advance his career. Volkswagen pleaded guilty earlier this year for evading the emissions tests and was ordered to pay billions of dollars in fines
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Volkswagen senior manager Oliver Schmidt was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in concealing software used to cheat pollution limit tests on close to 600,000 Volkswagen diesel-fuel vehicles. So reports CBS News.
Schmidt was deemed a “key conspirator” who was hopeful his part in the cover-up would help advance his career. Volkswagen pleaded guilty earlier this year for evading the emissions tests and was ordered to pay billions of dollars in fines