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Prosecutors Suggest 3-Year Prison Term for Ex-VW Diesel Engineer
Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have recommended a three-year prison term for former Volkswagen AG engineer James Liang for his role in the company’s diesel cheating scandal.
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Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have recommended a three-year prison term for former Volkswagen AG engineer James Liang for his role in the company’s diesel cheating scandal.
Liang is the first of eight ex-VW employees charged by U.S. prosecutors. He pleaded guilty last September of conspiring to defraud U.S. regulators and customers about the emission levels of diesels sold in the U.S. He has been cooperating with investigators for several months.
Prosecutors say Liang rationalized what he knew was wrong by deciding he was merely carrying out the ethical decisions made elsewhere in the company.
Liang was part of the team in Germany that developed VW’s family of “EA 189” 4-cylinder diesels. VW later admitted it rigged 11 million of those engines to evade emission rules.
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